In fact, if for example I rent a server at OVH, I get only the machine and an image of the chosen distribution, with just SSH access. Most server distributions have this basic, so you install, you log in SSH and you have exactly the same result., Which takes less than 30 minutes. Until this stage, it seems almost impossible to make a mistake. To install everything else, php, mysql etc, you find tutorials everywhere, it's really not very complicated. If you try the experience, you find help everywhere, and my door is also open :-)