I do it manually, and I triple-check it manually. Once I realized that its a few hours work for a server that's going to be online for years then the work does

I do it manually, and I triple-check it manually. Once I realized that its a few hours work for a server that's going to be online for years then the work doesn't seem so bad. If I was making a routine out of setting up these kind of things all-the-time i'd consider some kind of scripted install, but that's not what i've found myself having to do.