We just created a new set of VPS hosting templates for Ubuntu. These include:

Ubuntu + Webmin
Ubuntu + Webmin + CSF
Ubuntu + Webmin + Virtualmin
Ubuntu + Webmin + Virtualmin + CSF

And I figured I would post my process for others to see if they also want to recreate any of these setups for hosting on ubuntu without using our premade template packages.

Ubuntu + Webmin:

1. Install ubuntu 9.04 on the VPS from the container control panel
2. Log into SSH as root
3. start issuing commands:
4. apt-get update
5. apt-get upgrade
6. apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl
7. wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
8. dpkg –install webmin_1.500_all.deb

Done! webmin is now accessible via https://<IP or Hostname>:10000/

Additional steps:

To add CSF:

In SSH issue the following commands:
apt-get install libwww-perl
wget http://www.configserver.com/free/csf.tgz
tar -xzf csf.tgz
cd csf
sh install.sh
Log into your webmin control panel (https://<IP or Hostname>:10000/)
Install the csf webmin module in Webmin > Webmin Configuration > Webmin Modules > From local file > /etc/csf/csfwebmin.tgz > Install Module