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1. Install Apache
2. Install MySQL

Above steps can be done with following scripts

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HostOnNet/server-setup/master/ubuntu/1-basic-tools.sh
sh ./1-basic-tools.sh

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HostOnNet/server-setup/master/ubuntu/2-apache-php-mysql.sh
sh ./2-apache-php-mysql.sh

You can download and check script to see what is in it, if you need to know exact steps.

3. Install SSL

Follow instructions at

https://blog.hostonnet.com/letsencrypt

You need domain pointed to ec2 server before running these.

4. Create MySQL user

The command is

GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME_HERE'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD_HERE';

Refer

https://blog.hostonnet.com/mysql-user

5. Download and install wordpress.

cd /var/www/
rm -rf html
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar xvf latest.tar.gz
mv wordpress html

Now you need to SFTP into the site using filezilla. Then rename file wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php

Edit wp-config.php  update db login details, and security code on this file. 

Now visit your web site, you will be able to install wordpress.