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Hosting Websites with Amazon Lightsail | AWS for 2020

Easily self-host sites, apps, and WordPress with Bitnami LAMP or Plesk Hosting Stack on Amazon Lightsail, a part of AWS.
Bestseller
Rating: 4.8 out of 54.8 (296 ratings)
1,897 students
Created by Chase Raz, M.B.A.
Last updated 7/2019
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Utilize the Bitnami LAMP Stack and the Bitnami WordPress Stack
  • Install, configure, and use the Plesk Hosting Stack for website and email hosting
  • Install "Let's Encrypt" SSL/TLS certificates on Lightsail using Certbot for automation
  • Sign up for Amazon AWS and Lightsail
  • Create an Amazon Lightsail Instance and set a Static IP
  • Connect to a Lightsail Instance via SSH and SFTP
  • Host multiple websites or web applications on one Amazon Lightsail Instance
  • Operate one or more WordPress powered sites on a single Lightsail Instance
Curated for the Udemy for Business collection

Course content

13 sections • 58 lectures • 7h 1m total length

  • Preview02:24

  • Preview11:21
  • Preview04:51
  • Preview07:25
  • Preview07:35
  • Preview00:57

  • VIew the default landing page
    01:54
  • Create and attach a Static IP
    03:22
  • Point a domain to your Static IP
    04:17
  • Domain Name Pointing
    3 questions

  • Connect to your Instance via SSH using the browser
    01:43
  • Download the Private Key to access your VPS
    04:37
  • Connect via SSH using PuTTY on Windows
    13:32
  • Connect via SSH using macOS Terminal
    08:02
  • Establish an SSH Tunnel using PuTTY
    07:13
  • Connect to your Instance via SFTP using FileZilla
    03:21
  • Instance Connections
    3 questions

  • Review our stack's abilities
    04:44
  • Uploading a single static website
    06:12
  • Static Websites
    3 questions

  • Finding and saving Apache's configuration files
    11:37
  • Create a backup... just in case!
    00:56
  • Edit httpd.conf and restart Apache
    11:40
  • Edit httpd-vhosts.conf and restart Apache
    08:40
  • Point more domains to the Instance
    10:16
  • Check that all sites work
    03:40
  • Apache Configuration
    3 questions

  • Navigate and log in to phpMyAdmin
    05:16
  • Create MySQL users through phpMyAdmin
    05:25
  • Change the MySQL and phpMyAdmin password
    09:14

  • Preview09:44
  • WordPress on an existing LAMP stack
    14:58
  • Reviewing the full installation process
    04:35
  • Mapping a Domain to WordPress
    16:55
  • Uninstalling the WordPress Module
    01:54
  • Multiple WordPress Modules on one VPS
    21:38
  • WordPress Modules as a Directory
    21:38

  • Preview08:09
  • Using Let's Encrypt... for free!
    02:47
  • Install Certbot
    11:12
  • Add an SSL Certificate to a hosted site
    16:59
  • Add an SSL Certificate to a WordPress Module
    09:05
  • Expanding an SSL Certificate
    11:18
  • Using Cron to Restart Apache to Reload Certificates
    15:57

  • Preview02:51
  • Preview02:33
  • Preview03:17
  • Setting the IP and Opening Ports
    05:25
  • Create an Admin Account
    05:35
  • The Plesk Interface
    04:28
  • Setting Up a Domain on Plesk
    05:22
  • Point-and-Click SSL/TLS Certificates
    05:15
  • Transferring Files and Setting up a Site
    01:30
  • WordPress One-Click Install
    07:07
  • Webmail Setup
    06:11
  • Plesk Conclusion
    03:32
  • Plesk Follow Up: Configuring FTP
    06:27

Requirements

  • You should have a basic understanding of the Internet
  • You should be comfortable using WIndows 10, installing programs, and web browsing
  • You should have an interest in hosting one or more of your own websites

Description

Updated November 2018

This course details how to use one Amazon Lightsail (via AWS) instance to run multiple websites and apps (including WordPress) across a number of domains. Several hosting stacks will be explored within this course, including the Bitnami's LAMP Stack, Bitnami WordPress Stack (a variant of the LAMP stack), and the Plesk Hosting Stack.  All of these stacks are available from Amazon Lightsail with just one click! 

Amazon Lightsail is considered an easier-to-use and entry-level implementation of Amazon's AWS cloud service.  It has the specific objective of creating and running a Virtual Private Server (VPS) as opposed to the dozens or hundreds of potential use cases with AWS EC2 instances.  Lightsail is an ideal cloud solution for individuals who self-host and for small-to-midsize businesses looking to minimize I.T. costs without sacrificing performance.

If you want to begin to leverage the power of the cloud for your online business or hobbies, or if you've ever felt intimidated by your web hosting providers and too scared to cut costs by running your own setup, this course will help you break the dependency on overpriced shared and reseller hosting.  You'll increase your knowledge of cloud computing and cloud server instantiation while building functional skills with Linux and Apache, despite needing absolutely no Linux, Apache, or cloud computing knowledge to begin.

After viewing this course, you'll be able to complete the following tasks on Lightsail:

  • Create a Virtual Private Server on Amazon Lightsail using a Bitnami or Plesk stack

  • Install one or multiple WordPress blogs mapping to different domains, subdomains, or directories

  • Encrypt your website for users with SSL/TLS certification to use https:// instead of http://

  • Host one or multiple static websites with just one VPS Instance

  • Host one or multiple dynamic websites with just one VPS Instance

  • Point domains to your hosted websites

  • Add additional storage space to a VPS Instance

  • Backup and scale your VPS Instance

Don't miss out and don't be locked into high web hosting and VPS costs which can reach over $100/mo.  Instead, learn the fundamentals of Amazon Lightsail and be able to power your own websites on Amazon's cloud starting at just $5/mo.  Take back control of your web sites, and sign up for Hosting Websites with Amazon Lightsail today! 


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Software Utilized

The course uses the least expensive Lightsail packages from the AWS cloud, specifically we utilized the US$3.50 and $5.00 per month plans (formerly $5 and $10, respectively).   Also introduced is how to use free software—such as PuTTY and FileZilla— for Instance management, but Lightsail comes with its own built-in and web-based SSH terminal, so no external software is necessary in many cases.


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Course Changelog:

  • July 2018 - Updated videos to show additional options for working with the WordPress installer module

  • May 2018 - Major update to include a second LAMP stack, the Plesk Hosting Stack.  This is an alternative stack to the one provided by Bitnami and it provides a web-based dashboard.  Three domains can be managed for free by the Plesk Hosting Stack on Amazon Lightsail.  Larger licenses are available from Plesk.

  • March 2018 - Added SSL/TLS encryption and certification on the Bitnami LAMP Stack using Let's Encrypt.  Certbot is introduced as a command line tool for automating the SSL process with Let's Encrypt.

  • February 2018 - How to Connect via macOS Terminal lesson added for Bitnami LAMP Stack.  Also added a new section for Bitnami's LAMP Stack on running one or multiple WordPress installations that can map to domains, sub-domains, or directories.

  • January 2018 - Course launched focusing entirely on setting up the Bitnami LAMP Stack on Amazon Lightsail to host one or multiple websites.


Who this course is for:

  • Anyone looking to get started with Amazon Lightsail
  • Anyone who wants to inexpensively host one or multiple websites
  • Anyone searching for an entry point into cloud computing
  • Anyone self-hosting using the Bitnami LAMP Stack or the Plesk Hosting Stack

Featured review

Bernadette Yu
Bernadette Yu
347 courses
48 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
Amazing course! I love the very clear and easy to follow step-by-step processes. I was able to grasp all the instructions and created my first virtual server hosting my new wordPress sites using Plesk for my new business venture. I'm extremely grateful for Chase's generous sharing!! Thank you!!

Instructor

Chase Raz, M.B.A.
A.B. Gamma
Chase Raz, M.B.A.
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 607 Reviews
  • 3,512 Students
  • 3 Courses

Chase Raz is an instructor of digital marketing and business technology at Full Sail University and a corporate trainer for Polk State College's Corporate College.  Chase has almost a decade of experience teaching business and technology topics to a wide array of adult students; from college students to executives. It is Chase's mission to help others achieve their desired success within business.  Chase also owns RCR Business Ventures, a firm specializing in venture development.

A.B. Gamma is the leading corporate training solution from RCR Business Ventures.  A.B. Gamma provides business and technical training for business owners, executives, knowledge workers, and almost all other types of professionals.  The "Chase Raz" brand of training is the flagship training product from A.B. Gamma.

Visit the website or social media accounts provided for A.B. Gamma to learn about more courses and other training resources, as well as to contact Chase.

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