Introduction
Ever wanted to build your own website using WordPress on Amazon Web Services (AWS)? Well, my guide, 'Setting Up WordPress on Ubuntu Instance in AWS: A Comprehensive Guide,' has got you covered! We'll walk you through each step, making it easy to set up your WordPress site on an Ubuntu server in the AWS cloud. Get ready to learn everything from creating the perfect AWS setup to optimizing WordPress for outstanding performance and security!
step 1 : launch a new Ubuntu instance.
Log in to the AWS Management Console, navigate to the EC2 dashboard, and launch a new Ubuntu instance. Choose the appropriate instance type, configure security groups, and generate a key pair for SSH access.
step 2 : Connect to Your Instance
First of all download the mobaxterm. Once the instance is launched, connect to it using SSH. You'll need the private key generated during instance creation. insert the private key and click ok .
step 3: login as Ubuntu
step 4: write the command below
sudo -i
step 5: update ubuntu instances
first of all make sure about the ubuntu instances is running .write the following command
sudo apt update
step 6: Install the apache server
Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache, is one of the most popular and widely-used web servers in the world. wriet the following command.
sudo apt install apache2
step 7: Install PHP and MySQL
PHP and MySQL are both essential components for running WordPress. WordPress is primarily built using PHP, a server-side scripting language designed for web development.WordPress uses a relational database management system (RDBMS) to store and manage its content, settings, and user data. By default, WordPress utilizes MySQL or its equivalent
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
step 8: Install the mysql server
MySQL serves as the database management system where WordPress stores all its data, including posts, pages, comments, user information, settings, and plugin data. Without MySQL, WordPress wouldn't have a structured system for storing and retrieving this information.
sudo apt install mysql-server
step 9: check the right version
php -v
mysql -v
step 10: Configure MySQL
When you run sudo mysql -u root, you are essentially launching the MySQL client as the root user, which grants you full administrative access to the MySQL server.
sudo mysql -u root
Next, change the authentication plugin to mysql_native_password and set a strong password:
The directive to "change the authentication plugin to mysql_native_password and set a strong password" is typically advised for security reasons.
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password by 'YourPassword';
The above command is used in MySQL to change the authentication method and password for the specified user (root in this case) connecting from the specified host (localhost in this case).
Note: Change the password as desired in the place of "YourPassword".
step 11: Create WordPress Database User
The command CREATE USER 'wp_user'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'YourPassword'; is used in MySQL to create a new user account with a specified username and password
CREATE USER 'wp_user'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'YourPassword';
NOTE : Please feel free to customize the password in place of "YourPassword" and adjust the username to your preference.
step 12: Create WordPress Database
The command CREATE DATABASE wp; is used in MySQL to create a new database named "wp". This statement instructs the MySQL server to create a new database with the specified name.
CREATE DATABASE wp;
step 13: Grant Privileges
The command GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp.* TO 'wp_user'@localhost; is used in MySQL to grant all privileges on a specific database to a specific user.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp.* TO 'wp_user'@localhost;
step 14: Download WordPress
The command sequence cd /tmp and wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz is used to download the latest version of WordPress in compressed (.tar.gz) format from the official WordPress website.
cd /tmp
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
step 15: Unzip WordPress
The command tar -xvf latest.tar.gz is used to extract the contents of a tar archive file (latest.tar.gz in this case) in Unix-like operating systems
tar -xvf latest.tar.gz
step 16: Move WordPress to Document Root
The command sudo mv wordpress/ /var/www/html is used to move the WordPress files from the current directory (wordpress/) to the web server's document root directory (/var/www/html in this case)
sudo mv wordpress/ /var/www/html
step 17: Restart Apache Server
The command sudo systemctl restart apache2 is used to restart the Apache web server on systems using systemd as the init system
sudo systemctl restart apache2
step 18: Adding wp-config.php file
Go ahead and visit your website's URL, usually accessed through your server's IP address followed by "/wordpress". When you reach there, you'll be guided through a series of steps to configure and confirm your WordPress installation.
- click the let's go button
- Update the database name username and Password
In my case my database name is wp, username is wp_user and Password is YourPassword. Leave the database Host and Table prefix as it is.
Add a wp-config.php file and copy - paste the following in the file.
Head over to the directory where WordPress is located and then proceed with the command
cd /var/www/html/wordpress
nano wp-config.php
Paste the code in wp-config.php file and hit ^s + ^x (Ctrl+save, Ctrl+Exit)
Come back to the browser and click on Run the Installation. You will find a page like the one below.
click the install wordpress
Give your desired site name, login username, password, and email address, and then you are good to go.
You can now log in and make changes to your WordPress site at "
your-ip/wordpress/wp-admin".
Step 19: View your WordPress site
You can now view your site at "your-ip/wordpress". And you can login to your WordPress site at "your-ip/wordpress/wp-admin". Replace your-ip with the Instance IP or Localhost i you are using offline ubuntu server.
You've completed all the setup 🎉
Congratulations! You've successfully set up WordPress on your Ubuntu server. Now, you can access your WordPress site and start creating content. I hope you find this guide very helpful. If you need any assistance, please feel free to reach out to me on.