Setting Up WordPress on Amazon EC2 in 5 minutes

January 5, 2012 By 18 Comments

Step 1: Create an AWS Account

First things first: you need to create your AWS account. You can sign up here. You’ll have to provide a credit card and a phone number where you will be called as part of the online registration process for verification purposes. Amazon offers a Free Usage Tier, which is great to explore the services and even host real apps without being charged. Check the details here.
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Set Up an Amazon EC2 Instance with Tomcat and MySQL – 5 Minute Tutorial

November 15, 2011 By 14 Comments

Create an AWS Account

First things first: you need to create your AWS account. You can sign up here. You’ll have to provide a credit card and a phone number where you will be called as part of the online registration process for verification purposes. Amazon offers a Free Usage Tier, which is great to explore the services and even host real apps without being charged. Check the details here.

Create an Instance

Now that you have an AWS account, access the AWS Management Console and click the EC2 tab to create a new instance:

  • Choose an AMI in the classic instance wizard: I chose the Basic 64-bit Amazon Linux AMI.
  • Instance details: keep the default settings.
  • Create a new key pair. Enter a name for your key pair (i.e. christophe) and download your key pair (i.e. christophe.pem).
  • Select the quick start security group.
  • Launch your instance.

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