Replicate 2 ubuntu Servers one local and one remote

Replicate 2 ubuntu Servers one local and one remote

Here is the situation.
I have a local webserver and a remote webserver.
Both will be identical except that one is on VMware and one is a hosted
web server.
I want to replicate EVERYTHING installed on the local server (settings,
applications- mysql, apache, the cron jobs, and all the data and files -
php) to be on the live hosted web server. So that everything is identical
and functions exactly the same.
I know I will probably have to do some changes of setting once it is live,
for it to run correctly, but is there an easy and relatively fast way to
do this?
I am new at this and never done this before.
Will I have to setup the server from scratch or can I clone or copy
everything to the new server?