AMI backup created, PHP + Apache Updating

Well, it would appear that updating PHP has broken PHP for Wordpress.

"Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress."

Sweet

https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004096331-Your-PHP-installation-appears-to-be-missing-the-MySQL-extension-which-is-required-by-WordPress


https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/214893957-How-do-I-enable-PHP-extensions-and-loaders-


https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/214200748-My-phprc-file-isn-t-updating


Annoying... I added it to my php.ini file... but it's still not working and I don't see it in the the phpinfo file (http://howtocureinsomnia.com/phpinfo.php).

And even if it does work, I'm not totally clear that mysql will be the right version for all of this...

Easier yet, command "php -v" seems to be telling me all I need to know:

This happens on mysqli, mysql.so, and obviously mysqli.so


I tried "sudo yum install php-mysql --skip-broken" and it installed something that didnt help and I'm guessing caused damage, lol... if so, you can reinstall php 7.3 via this guide: https://bobcares.com/blog/amazon-linux-php-5-6/2/

Just pick up with google search "unable to load dynamic library 'mysql.so' "

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
"

Login to your Linux instance and perform the regular system updates first

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