Steps to Launch new AWS EC2 Instance

#server #aws #ec2

Pre-setup:

Select Ubuntu server.
Create new key pair to connect with instance securely.
After instance setup, connect with your instance
1. Open an SSH client.
2. Locate your private key file (keyname.pem). The wizard automatically detects the key you used to launch the instance.
3. Your key must not be publicly viewable for SSH to work. Use this command if needed: chmod 400 brand-nation.pem
4. Connect to your instance using its Public DNS: ec2-12-345-678-91.compute-1.amazonaws.com
5. Example: ssh -i "keyname.pem" ubuntu@ec2-12-345-678-91.compute-1.amazonaws.com

Setup:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo mysql_secure_installation utility
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php
sudo adduser ubuntu www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R g+rw /var/www/html
sudo mysql -u root -p
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

#Below “DocumentRoot /var/www/html” add the following lines:
<Directory “/var/www/html”>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Common Issues:

Assign security group to instance, so TCP, HTTP works
Listing Directory Failed: Connect FTP via SFTP
MYSQL permission issues (https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/installing-mysql-server-on-ubuntu/)
Mysql extension is missing in php7 installation. Ubuntu 16.04 (sudo apt-get install php-mysql)

Start server and test:

sudo service httpd start
sudo service mysqld start
chkconfig --list httpd

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