Using Lightsail for WordPress

For some time I had been running WordPress on a Raspberry Pi Zero. At first it was more of an experiment. I had wanted to first stand up a very basic webpage, but then thought… “I wonder if a Pi Zero could run WordPress”. The answer… it can… SLOWLY. Considering I expected zero traffic, this wasn’t a problem. Now, my ambitions have taken me further and the reality of how efficient and value driven the cloud is has been fully realized. Of course, deciding to take a job with a top cloud provider certainly pushed me in the right direction, but truthfully I had no idea how cheaply a home user could move to the cloud.

The move from Raspberry Pi to AWS was made super simple by Lightsail. Lightsail allows you to quickly build preconfigured applications and resources. When I say quickly, I mean QUICKLY. I had the WordPress site deployed in less than 20 minutes, while being distracted by the TV. I am not going to go through the process step by step, because this site did a fine job and was a help to me!

So the moral of this story is simple… if you have been intimidated by the cloud or just haven’t had the time to try it out, start with Lightsail. You’ll be glad you did!

Don’t worry, I’m not done with my AWS journey! Although I know the AWS security services very well, I think getting ‘hands on’ with the core services is a ton of fun and educational. Be on the look out for more posts on what I’m up to in my personal accounts.