I know DO for instance has ['projects'](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/projects https://www.digitalocean.com/community/projects) – "apps, wrappers, and

I know DO for instance has ['projects'](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/projects https://www.digitalocean.com/community/projects) – "apps, wrappers, and integrations created by our developer community using the DigitalOcean API" – so you don't necessarily have to setup everything yourself. But if you're configuring multiple nodes that are similar or the same you should definitely be using images. Setup one node, create an image of it, and then create new nodes from the image.