Day 45: Deploy Wordpress website on AWS

Over 30% of all websites on the internet use WordPress as their content management system (CMS). It is most often used to run blogs, but it can also be used to run e-commerce sites, message boards, and many other popular things. This guide will show you how to set up a WordPress blog site.

Task-01

As WordPress requires a MySQL database to store its data ,create an RDS as you did in Day 44

To configure this WordPress site, you will create the following resources in AWS:

An Amazon EC2 instance to install and host the WordPress application.
An Amazon RDS for MySQL database to store your WordPress data.
Setup the server and post your new Wordpress app.

To create a WordPress application deployed on an Ubuntu AWS EC2 instance connected to an RDS MySQL database, follow these steps:

Launch an EC2 Instance:
- Log in to your AWS Management Console.
- Navigate to the EC2 dashboard.
- Launch an Ubuntu instance (select the appropriate instance type and configuration).
- Make sure to configure the security group to allow HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) traffic.
Connect to your EC2 Instance:
- Use SSH to connect to your EC2 instance:
```
  ssh -i your-key.pem ubuntu@your-ec2-instance-public-ip
```

Install LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP):

Run the following commands:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip

Download and Install WordPress:

Navigate to the Apache web root directory:
```
  cd /var/www/html
```

Download the latest version of WordPress:

  sudo wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file:
```
  sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
```

Set appropriate permissions:

  sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress
  sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress

Copy the sample configuration file:

  sudo cp /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php

Edit the configuration file to include your RDS MySQL database credentials:
```
  sudo nano /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php
```
Save and close the file.

Create a MySQL Database on RDS:
- Log in to your AWS Management Console.
- Navigate to the RDS dashboard.
- Create a new MySQL database instance.
- Make a note of the database endpoint, username, and password.

Configure Apache Virtual Host:

Create a new virtual host configuration file:

  sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf

Add the following configuration (replace your-domain.com with your domain):

  <VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerAdmin admin@your-domain.com
      DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress
      ServerName your-domain.com
      ServerAlias www.your-domain.com

      <Directory /var/www/html/wordpress>
          Options FollowSymLinks
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
      </Directory>

      ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
      CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
  </VirtualHost>

Enable the virtual host:
```
  sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf
```
Restart Apache:
```
  sudo systemctl restart apache2
```

Configure DNS:
- Update your DNS settings to point to your EC2 instance's public IP or domain.
Access WordPress:
- Open your web browser and navigate to your domain.
- Follow the WordPress installation wizard to complete the setup.

Your WordPress application should now be deployed on your Ubuntu EC2 instance and connected to the RDS MySQL database.