@Cal @wanderingdeer

There are already easy methods for instance creation, they're called "managed hosting" where the hosting company also does all the technical stuff for you. They're about as easy to set up as registering for an email account.

I have a whole website encouraging non-technical people to use managed hosting at https://growyourown.services and its accompanying account @homegrown

The specific page about creating Fediverse instances is at https://growyourown.services/grow-your-own-social-network/