Ubuntu Configuration

Ubuntu Configuration

  1. Customize Ubuntu

    • Open the SSH browser.
    • Click on the Home if you are not redirected to the ‘Instances’ page.

    Create VPC

  2. Wait until the virtual machine (instance) changes to the ‘Running’ state, then click on the SSH icon next to the instance name to open a browser-based SSH session.

    Create VPC

  3. Run the following commands to install prerequisites as well as WordPress and WordPress CLI:

    • Sometimes Ubuntu may lose the rest of the clipboard when pasting multiple commands. These commands are broken into non-continuing points automatically. Copy and paste each part, press Enter, and proceed to the next code block after the commands are complete.

    • For our WordPress instance to work, we need to know the database location and login so that WordPress files can be installed and created in the MySQL database.

    • We will need to copy the code block below to a text editor to update our database URL. Once the code below has been pasted into a text editor, go back to your browser tab on the Databases page of Lightsail, click on Workshop-HA-Instance.

sudo wp config set DB_USER LightsailAdmin --allow-root
sudo wp config set DB_PASSWORD Sunny2DAY! --allow-root
sudo wp config set DB_NAME dbWordPress --allow-root
  1. Copy the endpoint URL from the Lightsail Databases page.

Replace ‘YOUR_DATABASE_ENDPOINT_URL’ with your database’s endpoint URL. It should look like: ’ls-b29db08eb530807da32b98b49b9504986ece0030.chi6kqvuuhir.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com’

Create VPC

sudo wp config set DB_HOST YOUR_DATABASE_ENDPOINT_URL --allow-root

  • Paste the updated command into your SSH session and press ENTER.

  • Close the SSH window.