🔧 Host WordPress on AWS Using LAMP

🖥️ Step 1: Launch EC2 Instance

Go to the EC2 Dashboard.

• Click Launch Instance.


• Choose Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS.


• Choose an instance type (e.g., t2.micro for free tier).


• Create or use an existing key pair (you’ll need it for SSH).


• Configure security group:


• Allow HTTP (80), HTTPS (443), and SSH (22) from your IP.


• Launch instance.

🔗 *Step 2: Connect to EC2 via SSH

*

ssh -i your-key.pem ubuntu@your-ec2-public-ip

📦 Step 3: Install Apache Web Server

sudo apt update

sudo apt install apache2 -y

sudo systemctl enable apache2

sudo systemctl start apache2

Visit http://your-ec2-public-ip to see the Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page.

🐘 Step 4: Install MySQL (Database Server)

sudo apt install mysql-server -y

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Set a strong MySQL root password during the configuration.

✈️ Step 5: Create a WordPress Database and User

Bash

sudo mysql -u root -p

SQL

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

💻 Step 6: Install PHP and Extensions

Bash

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip -y

sudo systemctl restart apache2

⬇️ Step 7: Download WordPress

cd /tmp

curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz

Copy files to Apache root directory