Containerized WordPress and MariaDB on AWS EC2

Summary of Tasks:

1. Create a virtual machine on AWS

2. Setup docker and docker-compose on VM

3. Write a docker-compose file

4. Execute docker-compose file

5. Access your web server with VM public IP

6. Set-up Database

7. Watch my complete video of this project for troubleshooting

1. Create a virtual machine on AWS

Sign in to your AWS account and click on "Launch instance".
Choose Amazon Linux AMI or keep it default

In the instance type section, choose t2.micro and a key-pair

In the networking section, keep the default settings

In the storage and advance section, use default settings and click on the "Launch Instance" button on the right top corner

Your virtual machine is ready

2. Setup docker and docker-compose on VM

yum install docker -y

service docker start

curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.20.3/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose;

1. Write a docker-compose file

services:

  wordpress:

    container_name: wordpress_web

    image: wordpress

    ports:

      - "80:80"

    volumes:

      - ./efs:/var/www/html

    networks:

      - web_cont_net

    environment:

       WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: mariadb

       WORDPRESS_DB_USER: root

       WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: awais123

       WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: cloud_db

mariadb:

    container_name: wordpress_db

    image: mariadb

    environment:

      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: awais123

      MYSQL_DATABASE: cloud_db

    volumes:

      - ./database:/var/lib/mysql

    networks:

      - web_cont_net

networks:

  web_cont_net:

1. Execute docker-compose file

docker-compose up -d

1. Access your web server with VM public IP

you will see such an interface

6. Set-up Database

And your application is ready

7. Watch my complete video of this project for troubleshooting

If you face any issues, watch my complete video of this project on my channel