How do I duplicate a server's packages and configuration to another machine?

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Published on 2010-11-20T12:54:08Z Indexed on 2011/03/15 8:22 UTC
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I have a production server running Ubuntu. I would like to setup similar configuration installed on my local machine. I'd like to have same packages installed.

Since bandwidth is a constraint the traditional disk cloning methods won't work for me. Having same packages installed and same users with same passwords created would be wonderful; i'll tweak rest of the things manually.

Is there a good solution to my requirements?

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