Most of us that work in IT have deployed a website at least a couple of times… I’m no exception. I always create with intention… which is to test a few things & move on…. This… is another one of those!
This week, a friend of mine’s web hosting company consumed by another web hosting company. This has resulted in over 10 of his clients websites going offline… the web hosting companies support is so far 100% ineffective in all way, shapes & forms. As I write this… the websites are still offline, & it’s unknown if any of his clients sites still exist, let alone come back online… support request is 2 days old with no acknowledgement, 3 support calls made, spoke with 3 sales people (Technical support are unreachable, 33rd in queue for 15 minutes before it went to 32nd in queue! Good work guys!).
So… this WordPress exists to test Amazon’s Web Services for a basic website.
First of all, I did a search about WHMCS (Yes, I always forget the acronym. ) – as it wasn’t needed for this mission, just curiousity really. Next… cPanel… which copt a lot of flack from a few people about non-existent or poorly constructed documentation… once again, not required, but is available… WordPress.
So… AWS’s estimator for a WordPress website is about $500 per month. I just about closed the browser then & there, but continued searching. Come across the Bitnami verified deployment tool in AWS Market Place, which highlights how to deploy & keep it within the AWS free tier… Much better!
A hour later, DNS is routing, Route 53 is configured, EC2 is configured, & I’m writing this post. Winning.
