Setup LAMP & Wordpress for AWS EC2 Ubuntu 14.04

script.sh

# Always run this line first
sudo apt-get update 

# Almost always install a web server
sudo apt-get install -y apache2

# Install PHP + Apache PHP Module
sudo apt-get install -y php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt
sudo apt-get install -y php5-gd libssh2-php

# Install PHP APC to speed up PHP and Wordpress
sudo apt-get install -y php-apc

echo 'extension = apc.so' | sudo tee --append /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini > /dev/null
echo 'apc.shm_size = 64' | sudo tee --append /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
echo 'apc.stat = 0' | sudo tee --append /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

# Enable Apache mod_rewrite for pretty permalink URLs
sudo a2enmod rewrite

# If enabling mod_rewrite, must add the following the Apache host configuration
<VirtualHost *:80>
  <Directory /var/www/scilex>
    Allowoverride All
  </Directory>
<//VirtualHost>

# Install MySQL Server
sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server php5-mysql

# ALWAYS RESTART AFTER INSTALLTION
sudo service apache2 restart




# Install Varnish
# sudo apt-get install varnish

# Install Zip and Unzip
sudo apt-get install -y zip unzip  

# Install Wordpress CLI
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
php wp-cli.phar --info
chmod +x wp-cli.phar
sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp





# Create MySQL Database for Wordpress
mysql -u root -p

# Inside MySQL Prompt

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER wordpressuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO wordpressuser@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit


# Open Apache web root 
cd /var/www

# Download Latest Wordpress
sudo wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
sudo tar xzvf latest.tar.gz

# Rename "wordpress" folder to something better
sudo mv wordpress aBetterFolderName

# Change ownership for site root to Apache
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data aBetterFolderName

# Open folder
cd aBetterFolderName

# Create Wordpress Config file
sudo cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

# Update wp-config.php with database settings
sudo vi wp-config.php