Programster: Create a Rackspace Cloud Mantis Bug Tracker

Sign up to rackspace cloud
Select the minimum specs virtual machine with the Ubuntu 12.04 Operating System
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade.
sudo apt-get install tasksel
tasksel install lamp-server (remember the passwords you set)
Download the latest version of mantis
Extract the zip.
Send the files within the folder to your rackspace cloud server's /var/www folder, so that index.php will be overwritten. (ie mantis isnt still inside one folder)
Type the ip address of your rackspace cloud server into your browser.
Fill in the details of your mysql database and hit next
Check over all the fields to make sure green except for one which is next step
Create the config_inc.php file like it tells you. (use vi in terminal)
Click next/install
On the main login page now, enter 'administrator' as username and 'root' as password
Change your password!
Create a gmail account (or use an existing one) but make sure 2-factor authentication is NOT enabled on it
vi /var/www/config_defaults_inc.php
Change '$g_phpMailer_method' to have value 'PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP'
Set $g_smtp_host to 'smtp.gmail.com:465'
Enter the gmail username for $g_smtp_username e.g. my_user_name@gmail.com
Set $g_smtp_password to the gmail account's password
Set $g_smtp_connection_mode to 'ssl'
Set $g_smtp_port to 465
Save and quit the file
rm -rf /var/www/admin
Now you can create accounts by logging out and Clicking the 'Signup for a new account' and then clicking the email link you get.