WordPress is a highly popular content management system (CMS) that is used for over 30% of all sites on the internet. It is most commonly used for blogs but can also be used for running e-commerce sites, message boards, and many other popular use cases.
In this lab, you will learn how to set up a WordPress site to run a blog. WordPress requires a MySQL database to store its data. For this lab, you will use Amazon RDS for MySQL to run your MySQL database.
Database maintenance for your WordPress site is critical. Your database instance holds all of your important data for your WordPress site. If the database goes down, your website may go down with it, and you could even lose your data.
Database maintenance can also be difficult, and database administrators have years of specialized experience. When setting up a WordPress site, you want to stay focused on designing your page and generating your content, not worrying about database performance and backups.
Amazon RDS for MySQL helps with both of these problems. Amazon RDS for MySQL is a managed database offering from AWS. With Amazon RDS for MySQL, you get:
● Automated backup and recovery so that you won’t lose data in the event of an accident;
● Regular updates and patches, keeping your database secure and performant;
● Easy installation with smart default parameters.
These features allow you to get a fast, reliable database without requiring specialized database knowledge. You can get on your way faster and start building your website.
In the modules that follow, you’ll see how to configure a WordPress installation using Amazon RDS for MySQL. 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.
In the step below, you will create an AWS account so that you can follow along with the modules in this lab.
AWS Experience: Intermediate
Time to complete: 50 minutes
Cost to complete: This tutorial costs nothing to complete, assuming you remain in the AWS Free Tier*
Technologies used:
• Active AWS Account**
• Browser: AWS recommends the latest version of Chrome
• Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
*This estimate assumes you follow the recommended configurations throughout the tutorial and terminate all resources upon completion.
**Accounts that have been created within the last 24 hours might not yet have access to the resources required for this project.
Use a personal account or create a new AWS account for this lab rather than using an organization’s account to ensure that you have full access to the necessary services and do not leave behind any resources from the lab.
Once you have an AWS account set up, move on to the next module where you launch a MySQL database instance with Amazon RDS.
