The Return of the Entrepreneur: ftp

Monday, July 15, 2019

Worpress Reset

So, first thing I come to is updating PHP so I can be compatible with the newest wordpress. I quickly come to the conclusion that this is something i must do in linux.

https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/upgrading-your-linux-server-to-php-7--cms-27583

I start reading and first thing up: "Go ahead and purge all the current PHP"

and I'm like... "ahhh... yeah... about that..."

And now I am creating a copy AMI so if something goes wrong I have a 7/15/19 backup image to run from. Only took about 2-5 minutes.

This guide is better actually:
https://fizzbuzzer.com/upgrading-php7-amazon-linux-ec2-instance/

And now I realize my server probably hasn't been updated since 2015. Which is probably a PRETTY BIG DEAL.... ooo boy

step 1
"

1

$ sudo yum update

"

lol... fack

....

Some things to note about SUDO / Service / Linux

1. You're using linux, not unix. lol

2. service commands like restart for things like httpd and mysqld require SUDO

EX:

$ service mysqld restart

cat: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid: Permission denied

$ sudo service mysqld restart

Stopping mysqld: [ OK ]

Starting mysqld: [ OK ]

New FTP User Created

user: press

pass: std23

Seems to work!!

Setting up SSH on AMI Linux

Amazon: FAILED
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/SSL-on-amazon-linux-2.html

GoDaddy / Linux: FAILED
https://www.godaddy.com/help/manually-install-an-ssl-certificate-on-my-apache-server-centos-5238

GoDaddy / AWS Server: FAILED - DO NOT USE THIS STRAT... Will cost more money and not the legit way to go...
https://www.godaddy.com/help/manually-install-an-ssl-certificate-on-my-aws-server-32075

Well, after going 2.5 hours over the budget it's pretty clear this is going to take more work than I have time for to meet "live" deadline. Will implement first thing after going live.

Warning - Security

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Website Recovery and Optimization

New objective added:

"Pre1: Get website back online, editing tools recovered, www working, update wordpress, and implement SSL"

I reset the server, which got website working, got all my editing tools back online, got www. working, but that's where I ran into issues... how to FTP so wordpress can install its own stuff... and then ran outta time before looking into updating.

I also did a backup of the server's HTML folder on my computer under _work\website and server\BACKUP so I could play around without ruining the site. Sounds like the config.wp file will be 100% needed.

WWW:
just made in AWS Route 53 tool. Key was just using an "a". added www. + ham. for fun.

FTP / Updating wordpress
https://entrepreneurisback.blogspot.com/search?q=ftp
particularly the "Day 37" post pointed me in the right direct
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17768201/wordpress-on-ec2-requires-ftp-credentials-to-install-plugins
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8686125/update-wordpress-theme-on-ec2
https://wordpress.org/support/article/updating-wordpress/

SSL:
http://www.howto-expert.com/how-to-get-https-setting-up-ssl-on-your-website/
...should be able to set it up with a plugin easy enough, but have to update wordpress for a decent plugin.
https://ssl-ccp.godaddy.com/wizard/create/DV_SSL/1/0?cb=&app=

NOTE: The private keys are @ _work\website and server\SSL