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Hands-On: Run A Simple WordPress Blog on AWS, Part 2

Explore how to launch a WordPress blog on AWS EC2 by configuring your instance size, creating and securely saving key pairs for server login, and accessing your new site via public IP. This lesson guides you through the practical setup steps, preparing you to manage a scalable WordPress deployment on AWS.

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Now, let’s continue where we left of in the last lesson. These should have been the last two steps performed in the previous lesson:

  1. Select “Launch through EC2.”
  2. Click “Launch.”

Now, let’s continue with the EC2 configuration:

We select the instance size (virtual machine size), “t2.micro,” so we’ll be able to use our free tier resources for this instance. Click “Review and Launch.” By doing so, we skip the subsequent configuration steps and jump directly to the end.

Click “Launch.” This opens a pop-up asking us to select an existing key pair or create a new key pair. Right ...