SAS 031 – In The Lab – AWS Lightsail

In this episode I walk through the process to setup an AWS Lightsail WordPress multi-site server.  This is also available as a video on my YouTube channel.

• https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com


• Affordable, configurable, fast


•  Transfer allowance
  
  
  
  • In and out count towards allowance
  
  
  • Inbound traffic is free after allowance is met
  
  
  • $0.09/GB after allowance
    
    
    
    • 1TB = $90
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• 5 static IP’s, 3 domain zones


• 20 SSL certificates per year
  
  
  
  • 10 SAN’s per certificate
  
  
  
  


• Snapshots
  
  
  
  • $0.05/GB/month
    
    
    
    • 20GB = $1/month
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Create AWS account


• Create Lightsail instance
  
  
  
  • WordPress Multi-site
  
  
  • Login to console
  
  
  • Find password
  
  
  • Login to WordPress
  
  
  • Configure DNS
  
  
  • Setup primary domain
    
    
    
    • https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/apps/wordpress-multisite/configuration/configure-wordpress-multisite/
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Setup SSL
    
    
    
    • https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/how-to/understand-bncert/
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Fix “Cookies are blocked” login issues
    
    
    
    • https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cookies-are-blocked-or-not-supported-by-your-browser-15/
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Remove bitnami banner
    
    
    
    • https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/how-to/bitnami-remove-banner/