The document provides a comprehensive guide on building a LEMP stack on AWS, detailing the installation of necessary components including Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP. It includes steps for configuring servers, managing security, and setting up a database. Additional tips on performance testing and email configuration are also mentioned.

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Building your own
LEMP stack on
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2. Steven Cooper
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4. AWS servers

5. LEMP vs LAMP

6. Linux

7. NGINX vs APACHE

8. MySQL

9. PHP/Python/Pearl…

10. The Instance

11. Amazon Free Tier

12. Create an Ubuntu instance

13. Generate key pair
Chmod 600 {keypair name}

14. Open Ports

15. The public URL

16. The command line

17. Terminal

18. Putty
https://linuxacademy.com/blog/linux/connect-to-
amazon-ec2-using-putty-private-key-on-

19. Connect to the instance
Open port 22 on any local firewalls
ssh –I {keypair} ubuntu@{url of instance}

20. Server Build

21. Some basics
Sudo –I for root or use sudo [command]
/var/logs for most debugging
mkdir /var/www/
Change root password – passwd root

22. APT-GET
APT-GET Update, APT-GET upgrade, APT-
GET Install
APT-GET install git
APT-GET install VIM
APT-GET remove UFW

23. NGINX /etc/nginx/
APT-GET install Nginx
vi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
i
Change root to /var/www/
Escape then :wq
Service nginx restart

24. PHP /etc/php/
APT-GET install php7.0
Add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Apt-get update
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-fpm

25. NGINX PHP template

26. MYSQL
APT-GET install mysql-server
mysql –u root –p
Create database dev1;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dev1.* TO
"devuser"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY
"password";
Flush Privileges;
Exit

27. Swap Space
dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap bs=1M
count=2048
mkswap /var/swap
swapon /var/swap
Vi fstab and add
/var/swap swap swap defaults 0 0

28. SSL
Open port 443
https://certbot.eff.org

29. Performance

30. Blitz.io load testing

31. New Relic

32. UpDown

33. And if there's time

34. DNS

35. bind9

36. Email

37. Postfix and Dovecot
https://linode.com/docs/email/postfix/email-with-postfix-dovecot-and-
mysql

38. “The three most dangerous things in
the world are a programmer with a
soldering iron, a hardware type with a
program patch and a user with an
idea.”
Rick Cook - The Wizardry Consulted

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