Minimal configuration of a wordpress server for EC2 Amazon Linux 2023

user_data.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Update the package repository and install necessary packages
sudo dnf update -y

# Install Apache, PHP, and MariaDB
sudo dnf install -y httpd php php-cli php-pdo php-fpm php-mysqlnd

# Start and enable the HTTPD service
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd

# Download and configure WordPress
cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzf latest.tar.gz
sudo rm latest.tar.gz
sudo mv wordpress/* .
sudo rmdir wordpress
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html

# Create a script to ensure that necessary services start on boot
cat <<EOL | sudo tee /var/www/html/wp-init.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Start HTTPD service
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
EOL

# Make the script executable
sudo chmod +x /var/www/html/wp-init.sh

# Add the script to /etc/rc.local so it runs on every boot
echo "/var/www/html/wp-init.sh" | sudo tee -a /etc/rc.local
sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local