📦 WordPress Deployment on LAMP Stack (Amazon Linux)

This project explains how to deploy a WordPress website on an AWS EC2 instance using the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). It also enables WordPress theme uploads via vsFTP.

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🧱 Architecture

Installation Steps

1. Install LAMP Stack

   Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Amazon Linux EC2.
   

2. 📦 Install WordPress Connector

      sudo yum install php8.4-mysqlnd.x86_64
   

3. Download and Extract WordPress

    cd /var/www/html
    sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
    tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz
   

4. Access WordPress

    Visit:
    http://<Your-Public-IP>/wordpress
   

Database Setup

5. Create MySQL Database

   mysql -u root -p
   

6. Inside MySQL:

   CREATE DATABASE wordpressdb;
   

Use the following credentials on WordPress setup screen:

 Database Name: wordpressdb

 Username: root

 Password: root

 Database Host: localhost 

Site Setup

Site Title: TechBlog

Username: root

Password: root

Email: t@gmail.com

Grant WordPress directory permissions:

 sudo chmod -R 777 wordpress

Complete WordPress installation and login at:

http://<Your-Public-IP>/wordpress

Theme Upload via FTP (vsFTP Setup)

6. Install and Configure vsFTPD

    sudo yum install vsftpd -y
    sudo systemctl start vsftpd
   

Allow ports 20 and 21 in your EC2 Security Group

7. Add FTP User and Permissions

    sudo useradd vsftp
    sudo passwd vsftp
    sudo gpasswd -a vsftp apache
    sudo chown -R vsftp:apache /var/www/html/
    sudo systemctl restart vsftpd
   

8. WordPress FTP Settings

   During theme upload, use:

   Hostname: localhost
   
   FTP Username: vsftp
   
   FTP Password: root
   

Post Deployment

Login to Admin Panel

Add new posts

Install and activate new themes via FTP

WordPress Deployment Summary (LAMP on AWS EC2)

This guide demonstrates how to deploy a WordPress website on an AWS EC2 instance running Amazon Linux, using the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). It covers all essential steps including WordPress installation, database configuration, and enabling FTP access via vsFTPD for seamless theme uploads. This deployment ensures a functional and customizable WordPress environment accessible through a web browser and manageable via the WordPress Admin Panel.