This document summarizes a presentation about running WordPress on the Amazon EC2 cloud. It introduces the speaker and their experience with WordPress. The presentation covers the advantages of using EC2, such as low cost and scalability. It also discusses potential disadvantages like learning curves. The document explains what Bitnami is and how it provides preconfigured servers. It outlines the steps to install WordPress on EC2 using Bitnami's 1-click installers and default account credentials. Live demonstration steps are also provided to enable remote access to PHPMyAdmin and move the WordPress URL to the root domain.

1. WORDPRESS IN THE
AMAZON EC2 CLOUD
Southern California WordPress Meetup, May 21st,
2013
Belsien Thomas, @belsien
http://wppowerguide.com

2. WHO AM I?
 I’m Belsien Thomas (@belsien), building websites with PHP,
JAVA, and various programming languages for over 12+ years.
Worked with WordPresss since 2006 (version 2.0). Spoken at
WordCamp LA.
 Run a WordPress blog http://wppowerguide.com has guides and
tips on how to utilize WordPress as a CMS in powerful ways,
other than just a blog.
 Built free video guided tutorial at http://buildyourwpsite.com , will
be putting up more free tutorials soon. Check out these two sites.

3. TOPICS COVERED
Why EC2?
Advantages/Disadvantages
What is Bitnami?
AWS Marketplace 1-Click Installers
Customize the default setup

4. WHY RUN ON EC2
• Micro instance is free for 1st year, after that basic costs
~$15/month (depending on # of services)
Cost Effective
• Micro instance has 613MB, more than most VPS
Fast
• EC2 is very secure, requires keypairs to connect and security
groups to open ports
Secure
• Start with “micro” and ramp up.
Scales well

5. ADVANTAGES
Create an unlimited number of websites, no
restrictions on WordPress instances
Same world class infrastructure as
Amazon.com
Already PCI Compliant, great for eCommerce!
Established and popular, easy to find people
who know AWS Systems and API’s
Everything can automated.

6. DISADVANTAGES
No Cpanel, Plesk style software, need to get
comfortable using Virtual Console or Remote
Desktop
Takes some learning to understand the “AWS
language” (Elastic IP, RDS, etc.)
No support from Amazon technical staff unless
you pay big $$$
A bit of a learning curve to setup initially

7. WHAT IS BITNAMI?
Preconfigured virtual server with entire stack
LAMP stack setup
Popular Linux flavors: Ubuntu 64-bit, Red Hat,
etc.
Creates default users for Apache and
databases for MySQL
Multiple Setup Options – 1 click installations
Completely Free software!

8. AWS MARKETPLACE – 1-CLICK
INSTALLERS!

9. BITNAMI LAUNCH WIZARD

10. AMAZON TERMINOLOGY
 “Elastic IP” = Static IP
 By default amazon instances startup with a “Public IP” , not guaranteed to be
the same.
 Always setup a Static/Elastic IP right after you create an instance.
 EC2 (Elastic Cloud Compute) = Web Server
 S3 = Redundant Storage
 RDS = Redundant MySQL Server (Oracle & MS-SQL also avail)

11. OVERVIEW OF INSTALLATION
STEPS
1. Setup a
AWS Account
2. Create a
keypair to
connect to
server
3. Install 1-click
Bitnami
installer on
AWS
Marketplace
4. Connect &
configure
default settings

12. BITNAMI SERVER DEFAULT ACCOUNTS
 SSH User:
 User: bitnami
 Pass: bitnami
 MySQL
 User: root
 Pass: bitnami
 WP Admin:
 User: user
 Pass: bitnami
 PHP MyAdmin (basic
auth)
 User: administrator
 Pass: bitnami
Change your default passwords!....not hard
to guess what it is!

13. LETS DO THIS LIVE!!

14. ENABLE REMOTE ACCESS TO
PHPMYADMIN
 Ready to go but only accessible locally for extra security!
 Reference See: http://bitnami.com/faq/virtual_machines
 Edit /opt/bitnami/apps/phpmyadmin/conf/phpmyadmin.conf

15. MOVE WORDPRESS URL UP TO ROOT
(/)
Bitnami comes with a built in migration tool
sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/updateip --appurl /
Bitnami installs with WordPress setup as subfolder:
http://<domain.com>/wordpress/

16. THANKS!
Find more guides and videos online
at:
http://wppowerguide.com
http://buildyourwpsite.com
Twitter: @belsien