Hosting Websites with Amazon Lightsail | AWS for 2021 (Udemy.com)

Easily self-host sites, apps, and WordPress with Bitnami LAMP or Plesk Hosting Stack on Amazon Lightsail, a part of AWS.

( 89 Reviews )

Created by: Chase Raz, M.B.A.

Produced in 2019

What you will learn

Utilize the Bitnami LAMP Stack and the Bitnami WordPress Stack
Install, configure, and use the Plesk Hosting Stack for website and email hosting
Install "Let's Encrypt" SSL/TLS certificates on Lightsail using Certbot for automation
Sign up for Amazon AWS and Lightsail
Create an Amazon Lightsail Instance and set a Static IP
Connect to a Lightsail Instance via SSH and SFTP
Host multiple websites or web applications on one Amazon Lightsail Instance
Operate one or more WordPress powered sites on a single Lightsail Instance

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Overall Score : 94 / 100

Course Description

Updated November 2018This course details how to use one AmazonLightsail (via AWS)instance to runmultiple websites and apps (including WordPress) across a number ofdomains.
Several hosting stacks will be explored within this course, including theBitnami's LAMP Stack, Bitnami WordPress Stack (a variant of the LAMPstack), and the Plesk Hosting Stack.
All of these stacks are available from Amazon Lightsailwith just one click!
Amazon Lightsail is considered an easier-to-use and entry-level implementation of Amazon's AWS cloud service. It has the specific objective of creating and running aVirtual Private Server (VPS) as opposed to the dozens or hundreds of potential use cases with AWSEC2 instances. Lightsail is an ideal cloud solution for individuals who self-host and for small-to-midsize businesses looking to minimize I.
T.
costs without sacrificing performance.
If you want to begin to leverage the power of the cloud for your online business or hobbies, or if you've ever felt intimidated by your web hosting providers and too scared to cut costs by running your own setup, this course will help you break the dependency on overpriced shared and reseller hosting. You'll increase your knowledge of cloud computing and cloud server instantiation while building functional skills with Linux and Apache, despite needing absolutely no Linux, Apache, or cloud computing knowledge to begin.
After viewing this course, you'll be able to complete the following tasks on Lightsail:
Create a Virtual Private Server on Amazon Lightsail using a Bitnami or Plesk stackInstall one or multiple WordPress blogs mapping to different domains, subdomains, or directoriesEncrypt your website for users with SSL/TLS certification to use https:// instead of http://Host one or multiple static websites with just one VPS InstanceHost one or multiple dynamic websites with just one VPS InstancePoint domains to your hosted websitesAdd additional storage space to a VPS InstanceBackup and scale your VPS InstanceDon't miss out and don't be locked into high web hosting and VPS costs which can reach over $100/mo. Instead, learn the fundamentals of AmazonLightsail and be able to power your own websites on Amazon's cloud starting at just $5/mo. Take back control of your web sites, and sign up for Hosting Websites with Amazon Lightsail today!====================Software UtilizedThe course uses the least expensive Lightsail packages from the AWScloud, specifically we utilized the US$3.
50 and $5.
00 per month plans (formerly $5 and $10, respectively). Also introduced is how to use free softwaresuch as PuTTY and FileZilla forInstance management, but Lightsail comes with its own built-in and web-based SSH terminal, so no external software is necessary in many cases.====================Course Changelog:
July 2018 - Updated videos to show additional options for working with the WordPress installer moduleMay 2018 - Major update to include a second LAMP stack, the Plesk Hosting Stack. This is an alternative stack to the one provided by Bitnami and it provides a web-based dashboard. Three domains can be managed for free by the Plesk Hosting Stack on Amazon Lightsail.
Larger licenses are available from Plesk.
March 2018 - Added SSL/TLS encryption and certification on the Bitnami LAMPStack using Let's Encrypt. Certbot is introduced as a command line tool for automating the SSL process with Let's Encrypt.
February 2018 - How to Connect via macOS Terminal lesson added for Bitnami LAMPStack.
Also added a new section for Bitnami's LAMP Stack on running one or multiple WordPress installations that can map to domains, sub-domains, or directories.
January 2018 - Course launched focusing entirely on setting up the Bitnami LAMPStack on Amazon Lightsail to host one or multiple websites.
Who this course is for:
Anyone looking to get started with Amazon LightsailAnyone who wants to inexpensively host one or multiple websitesAnyone searching for an entry point into cloud computingAnyone self-hosting using the Bitnami LAMP Stack or the Plesk Hosting Stack

Time: 7h

Instructor Details

Chase Raz, M.B.A.

4.7 Rating
89 Reviews

Chase Raz is an instructor of digital marketing and business technology at FullSail University anda corporate trainer for Polk State College's Corporate College. Chase has almost a decade of experience teaching business and technology topics to a wide array of adult students;from college students to executives. It is Chase's mission to help others achieve their desired success within business. Chase also owns RCR Business Ventures, a firm specializing in venture development.
A.B. Gamma is the leading corporate training solution from RCRBusiness Ventures. A.B. Gamma providesbusiness and technical training for business owners, executives, knowledge workers, and almost all other types of professionals. The "Chase Raz"brand of training is the flagship training product from A.B.Gamma.
Visit the website or social media accounts provided for A.B. Gamma to learn about more courses and other training resources, as well as to contact Chase.

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By Mamdouh Kaldas on 11/13/2020

The course is simply awesome!
It explains everything perfectly and even the most complicated concepts he makes them seems so easy!
Highly recommended.

By Jason on 10/19/2020

He explains everything in depth. This course is a good source of information and it is well organized.

By Christian Lang on 10/11/2020

Great course. Very well explained, despite a little bit outdated. Bitnami has made a few changes to the stack that are not explained, but nothing that cannot be inferred from the course. Recommended

By Patrick Walberg on 9/4/2020

I like the narrative style of the instructor, however there are some differences in design of the current Google Lightsail page verses what I see in the lesson. I can already tell that this particular course on using Lightsail is not for me at this time. I'd like to trade for a different course.

By Bradley Burton on 7/10/2020

yes

By Fernando Torres on 6/14/2020

This was a excellent course. But the way that teached about the use wordpress by modules or unique wordpress module was a confiused for me.

By Damianenko Max Zeballos Torres on 6/12/2020

Great course! Great experience and exelent topics!

By Nnamdi on 6/11/2020

Very clear so far and easy to follow along

By Mr. James on 6/6/2020

Outdated and lack of responsiveness from the instructor!. There should be a disclaimer with the class, indicating the material is time sensitive, so that other students don't waste as much time as I did, trying to implement outdated material.

By Cheryl Campbell on 6/4/2020

Helpful beyond words. I have made it through setting up the Lamp stack, setting up multiple domains for conventional web development, and have configured a wordpress blog on my one Bitnami LAMP Lightsail instance. Tomorrow, I'll repeat the effort for another wordpress blog. The only hiccup wasn't in Chase's great training video, but was due to a change in where Bitnami put the Wordpress module for installation (it's moved! Make sure you use a Wordpress module for XAMPP - see the Q&A's in this training video.) After that, onto SSL.... OK - the setting up of certificates with Lets Encrypt worked great as well. I skipped Plesk since I have more than 3 domains, but did watch the portion on setting IP ports for my instance. And, then I made my snapshot backup. Without this video, I would have not committed to Lightsail, and would have been locked into my Godaddy hosting. So, I am incredibly grateful that this video was made, and was so comprehensive. Thanks, Chase!

By Douglas Wilson on 5/12/2020

Looks as if a lot has changed on LightSail since this course was created. This leads to errors while trying to follow the labs and results in not being able to progress past a certain point.

By Stephen Pan on 5/7/2020