= Can I transfer my domain name and Wordpress site to AWS? I'm so over Hostgator. =

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Looking for answers from people who done things like this in the past. Any advice appreciated. Thank you!

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Hi - If you’re looking for something simple have a look at AWS Lightsail they provide an instance AMI for Word Press. However, if you want more control see @johnlewisdesigns answer

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Don’t do the build it yourself version unless you know what you are doing. You would get it to work but would not be maintaining it or keeping the underlying software up to date. Let AWS do it for you.

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Yeah the general method would be:

Use Route 53 for the domain

Spin up a Linux EC2 instance

MAKE A COPY OF YOUR PEM FILE AND KEEP IT SAFE

Configure routing/firewall

SSH into box

Install Apache

Configure domain settings

Install PHP, MySQL, configure (including email)

Install SSL certs

Migrate WordPress filesystem and db.

But it might not be very cost effective. Also FTP isn't the done thing on AWS, it will be SSH all the way. You might be better just getting a VPS for something like WP. But completely possible.

Disclaimer: I'm sure theres an easier way but this is the traditional way to set up a LAMP stack with WP.

Thank you for your detailed response. I really appreciate it. What do you mean by "FTP isn't the done thing." Also, I don't know anything about VPS purchasing. As I go about researching that, do you have any words of wisdom to share?

Thank you again!

AWS will certainly be more hands on than the Hostgator experience. If Wordpress is the main thing you run, a dedicated host like Wordpress.com or wp-engine will be a better experience.

If you’re hosting wordpress, and want to have really really pro hosting without management of the daily things, I would recommend pantheon.io . We use them for so many projects marketing /wordpress sites and they’re fantastic!