Install Apache, MySQL and PHP 5.5 on Amazon Linux AMI

Amazon-Linux-AMI PHP55

:: UPDATE YUM ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo yum update -y

:: INSTALL WEBSERVER :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo yum install httpd24
sudo service httpd start
sudo chkconfig httpd on
chkconfig --list httpd

:: CONFIGURE HTTPD :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<Directory "/var/www/html">
    Options All
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

:: CONFIGURE VHOSTS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts.conf

<create log and vhost folders in html>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
    ErrorLog "/var/www/html/logs/error_log"
    CustomLog "/var/www/html/logs/access_log" combined

    <Directory "/var/www/html">
        Options All
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.other-site.com
    ServerAlias *.other-site.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/www.other-site.com"
    ErrorLog "/var/www/html/www.other-site.com/logs/error_log"
    CustomLog "/var/www/html/www.other-site.com/logs/access_log" combined

    <Directory "/var/www/html/www.other-site.com">
        Options All
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

:: ADD EC2 USER TO WWW :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ls -l /var/www
sudo groupadd www
sudo usermod -a -G www ec2-user
<exit>
<login>
groups
sudo chown -R root:www /var/www
sudo chmod 2775 /var/www
find /var/www -type d -exec sudo chmod 2775 {} +
find /var/www -type f -exec sudo chmod 0664 {} +

:: ADD APACHE USER TO WWW :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo usermod -a -G www apache
<also change the apache config to use apache:www>

:: INSTALL MYSQL :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo yum localinstall http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el6-3.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install mysql-community-server
sudo service mysqld start
sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
<enter>
<new-pass>
<new-pass>
<Y>
<Y>
<Y>
<Y>
sudo chkconfig mysqld on

:: INSTALL PHP 5.5 WITH MYSQL AND SOME BASICS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo yum install php55 php55-devel php55-common php55-cli php55-pecl-apc php55-pdo php55-mysql php55-xml php55-gd php55-mbstring php-pear php55-mysqlnd php55-mcrypt
sudo service httpd restart
echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php

:: EDIT PHP.INI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

sudo nano /etc/php.ini
expose_php = Off
error_log = /var/log/php-error.log
date.timezone = "America/Chicago"
sudo service httpd restart

:: ADD KEY for TRANSMIT FTP ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

<cd to directory with key>
ssh-add [yourkey].pem