Host WordPress 5 sites, Linux LAMP Stack and AWS Lightsail

In this project based course we explain and demonstrate:

• How to host websites professionally and inexpensively

• How to Register Domain Names

• Launch and configure a Linux Instance in AWS Lightsail

• How Configure DNS in AWS Lightsail and Route 53

• How to obtain a free email address using your own domain name for a professional look

• The basics of Linux and various distributions

• How to install Linux on a virtual machine running on Windows and Mac.  We will install Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop, Mint and Lubuntu

• Linux file system basics

• Many Linux commands to navigate search and manipulate files and directories and permissions.  Configure a swap file for Linux server to optimum performance

• How to install Apache web server and configure it to run multiple websites on a single server with a single IP address and tune it for WordPress 5.

• How to encrypt the website on Apache with SSL / HTTPS for free

• How to install MySQL and create databases and users.  How to assign rights to user to databases.

• How to install PHP and tune it for WordPress (include email)

• Install 2 WordPress sites, with the unique domain names we registered earlier, on the Linux server

• Build a website with a slide show on the homepage.

• WordPress Plugins:

  • Child Themes

  • Security

  • Email

  • Search Engine Optimization

  • Backup

  • ..and more

• What new in WordPress 5

• How to backup WordPress sites and the Linux server they run on

• Securing your AWS Account:

  1. How to create Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for you AWS Root Account.

  2. How to create billing alerts for your account with CloudWatch, SNS and the Billing Console.