Available approaches
AWS has a number of different options for provisioning virtual
machines. There are three main ways to host your own WordPress
website on AWS:
Amazon
Lightsail is a service that allows you to quickly launch a
virtual private server (a Lightsail instance) to host a WordPress
website. Lightsail is the easiest way to get started if you don’t
need highly configurable instance types or access to advanced
networking features.
Amazon EC2
is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity so you
can launch a virtual server within minutes. Amazon EC2 provides
more configuration and management options than Lightsail, which is
desirable in more advanced architectures. You have administrative
access to your EC2 instances and can install any software packages
you choose, including WordPress.
AWS Marketplace is an online store where you can find, buy, and
quickly deploy software that runs on AWS. You can use 1-Click
deployment to launch preconfigured WordPress images directly to
Amazon EC2 in your own AWS account in just a few minutes. There
are a number of Marketplace vendors offering ready-to-run
WordPress instances.
This whitepaper covers the Lightsail option as the recommended
implementation for a single server WordPress website.
