Guidance for Launching a Simple Ecommerce Website with WordPress on AWS
Quickly launch an ecommerce website with your own domain name using WordPress and WooCommerce
Overview
How it works
These technical details feature an architecture diagram to illustrate how to effectively use this solution. The architecture diagram shows the key components and their interactions, providing an overview of the architecture's structure and functionality step-by-step.
Well-Architected Pillars
The architecture diagram above is an example of a Solution created with Well-Architected best practices in mind. To be fully Well-Architected, you should follow as many Well-Architected best practices as possible.
Operational Excellence
This solution automates provisioning of an ecommerce website on Lightsail. With a few clicks, you can start building a WordPress website on Lightsail, with WooCommerce as an ecommerce plugin, and use AWS global virtual technology to get up and running in a few minutes. With optional monitoring, you can anticipate potential spikes and make changes proactively to avoid failures.
Security
The solution uses Amazon CloudFront, which provides DDoS protection by caching requests on the Amazon global content delivery network. Repeated requests are served from the edge, which limits the computational load on the origin WordPress server.
Additionally, the solution uses SSL that enables HTTPS, thereby securing end-to-end web traffic and data.
Reliability
The solution is built on Lightsail, which is available in several Availability Zones in 14 Regions around the world. Availability Zones are collections of data centers that run on physically distinct, independent infrastructure, and are engineered to be highly reliable.
Performance Efficiency
Lightsail enables content delivery network (CDN) distributions using CloudFront. This allows for easy distribution of website content to a global audience by setting up proxy servers across the world. Your users across the globe can access your website geographically closer to them, reducing latency.
Cost Optimization
With Lightsail, you pay a low, predictable price. Lightsail bundles resources such as memory, vCPU, and solid-state drive (SSD) storage into one plan, so budgeting is predictable. All Lightsail plans include static IP addresses, domain name system (DNS) management, one-click secure shell protocol (SSH) terminal access (Linux/Unix), one-click Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access (Windows), and server monitoring.
Data transfer of 2TB is included within Lightsail pricing for the small instance, making it ideal for small and medium businesses.
Sustainability
By choosing the right sized instances, you use only the resources you need, thereby reducing unnecessary emissions. By using services with dynamic scaling, you minimize the environmental impact of the backend services, and ensure scaling of compute resources based on your website needs.
Implementation resources
A detailed guide is provided to experiment and use within your AWS account. Each stage of building the Guidance, including deployment, usage, and cleanup, is examined to prepare it for deployment. The sample code is a starting point. It is industry validated, prescriptive but not definitive, and a peek under the hood to help you begin.
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