Introduction

This how-to guide contains instructions for creating a LAMP server on AWS using the free tier. A LAMP server is (L)inux, (A)pache, (M)ySQL, (P)HP.

AWS

AWS is Amazon's cloud-hosting platform. AWS offers many hosted systems for free or a small fee. Systems include web servers, database servers, routers, gateways, load balancers, and much more. If you would like to try out AWS, there is a free tier.

AWS	https://aws.amazon.com/
AWS Free Tier	https://aws.amazon.com/free/
AWS EC2	https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/?nc2=h_m1
AWS Elastic Beanstalk	https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/?nc2=h_m1

LAMP Server

If you would like to try out AWS as a hosting option, we suggest creating a free tier EC2 instance and configuring a LAMP server on that instance. See this excellent tutorial for details:

AWS LAMP Server	http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-LAMP.html

If you do not require PHP or MySQL, you can skip those packages and steps.

*Note: Free tier instances begin charging fees after 12 months. To avoid the fees, make sure to delete your free tier instance before 12 months.

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