Complete Guide to Self-Hosted WordPress on AWS

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Welcome to the Leanpub Launch video for Complete Guide to Self-Hosted WordPress on AWS: Build, secure, and run a production WordPress site on EC2 https://leanpub.com/wordpressonaws by Siddharth Jain! 0:00 Sid introduces himself and his 15 years of software development experience 0:45 Overview of the book: VPC setup, WordPress installation, backups, restore, and migration on AWS 1:31 Who the book is for: independent consultants and freelancers offering managed WordPress hosting 1:31 The advantage of self-hosting: full root access and control over your own server 2:17 Self-hosting is for geeks and DIYers who enjoy doing things the hard way 2:17 Cost comparison: managed providers offer good service at reasonable cost 3:02 The problem with managed services: no control when something breaks at 3 a.m. 3:02 The value of rigorous, hands-on learning that comes from self-hosting WordPress 3:02 Book tone: precision and clarity aimed at technically minded readers 3:02 Book summary and closing: Complete Guide to Self-Hosted WordPress on AWS on Leanpub About the Book Complete Guide to Self-Hosted WordPress on AWS is a hands-on, command-by-command manual for standing up a production-grade WordPress site on Amazon EC2 and running it the way a hosting provider would: hardened, monitored, backed up, and maintained. It is not a book about writing posts or picking a theme. It is about the infrastructure underneath — the AWS account, the network, the LAMP stack, the security layers, and the maintenance habits that separate a real production system from a tutorial project that breaks the first time something goes wrong. The book is self-contained. You will not be sent off to piece together five outdated blog posts and a stale AWS doc page to get a working answer. Every chapter builds on the last, using the same instance, the same domain, and the same working configuration. Inside, you will: - Decide whether self-hosting is right for you, and understand the tradeoffs against managed WordPress hosting - Set up an isolated AWS sandbox: a VPC, security groups, and an EC2 instance with proper SSH access - Install and configure Apache, MySQL, PHP, and WordPress using WP-CLI, and tune PHP-FPM for real traffic - Configure Apache virtual hosts, DNS, and Cloudflare, then wire up SSL end to end - Harden the site against attacks with Apache and NGINX-style rules, a Cloudflare WAF, and login security including two-factor authentication - Set up Redis object caching for performance, and Amazon SES for transactional email - Read and rotate logs, enable WP_DEBUG properly, and set up monitoring and alerts so you find out about problems before your visitors do - Version-control your site, take real backups, and practice restoring from them before you actually need to - Learn how to migrate an existing WordPress site onto this setup - Know what to check first if you suspect you've been hacked, and how to recover - Handle the unglamorous but essential parts: routine maintenance, plugin hygiene, and scaling up as traffic grows The appendices give you a MySQL cheat sheet, a WP-CLI cheat sheet, NGINX equivalents for every Apache command in the book, complete configuration files, and a one-page runbook you can tape next to your monitor. Who this is for: developers, freelancers, and consultants who set up WordPress for clients or their own business and want to stop paying for managed hosting or explaining downtime they can't diagnose. It's also a strong fit for a computer science student who wants a real, defensible production system on their resume instead of another tutorial project. Basic command-line comfort is assumed; everything else — AWS, Linux administration, and WordPress internals — is taught from the ground up. By the end, you will be able to provision, secure, and operate a commercial-grade WordPress installation entirely on your own — the same work managed hosting providers charge you for every month. About the author: Siddharth Jain is a software developer with more than 15 years of experience in the tech industry across Microsoft, Uber, Johnson & Johnson, and Cisco. He is also the author of Programming Hyperledger Fabric: Creating Enterprise Blockchain Applications and runs his own WooCommerce based web store at https://www.sidstick.com/. More information about him can be found on his Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awargi/ About the Author I am a software developer with more than 15 years of experience in the tech industry across Microsoft, Uber, Johnson & Johnson, and Cisco. I am also the author of Programming Hyperledger Fabric: Creating Enterprise Blockchain Applications and run my own WooCommerce based web store at https://www.sidstick.com/. More information about me can be found on my Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awargi/ Follow the author here! https://x.com/fd97027 Thank you for watching, please like and leave a comment, we'd love to hear from you! Please Subscribe and Follow! 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