This will be a very quick tutorial in which I will show you how to enable Apache to read the .htaccess file. WordPress websites and plugins rely on the .htaccess file and Bitnami by default disables Apache from parsing the .htaccess file. Instead they provide a different method of adding parameters however may WordPress plugins …
How To Enable .htaccess for Apache on AWS Lightsail WordPress Read More »
In this webhosting video tutorial I will walk through setting up Varnish Caching service on a Bitnami based WordPress website within the AWS Lightsail platform. Varnish is an http accelerator or caching service that acts like reverse proxy so it sits in front of Apache/PHP and its’ primary purpose is to take static access like …
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In this video I will show you how to fix API Authentication errors that you may be running into. If your WordPress website is using the Bitnami Image on lightsail and uses a plugin or theme that requires APIs that need authorization or authentication, you may run into errors even though you may have everything …
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In this video I will attempt to setup a WordPress instance with the WP SMTP plugin. Then I will configure the SendInBlue service with a custom domain that uses AWS Route 53 for DNS management. There is a odd way of verifying TXT records in Route 53 and I’m not sure if this the case …
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In this video I will show you how to fix file and folder permission issues on your Lightsail WordPress install. If you manage a WordPress site using the Bitnami blueprint in Lightsail, you may run into permission errors. These errors are mostly in two areas:1. If you are trying to update a file using SFTP …
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This is a screen recording of me creating an AWS Lightsail WordPress instance with CDN. I was preparing a Lightsail instance and CDN service using Lightsail Distribution for another video tutorial for the channel. This video is just a screen recording with no narration but will show you how to quickly setup a Lightsail WordPress …
Watch Me Create an AWS Lightsail WordPress Instance with CDN (SCREEN RECORDING) Read More »
In this video I will show you how to point root domains to your Lightsail CDN service. If you have followed my previous videos on setting up Lightsail CDN you know that the when you create a CDN, Lightsail assigns a domain name; something that starts with d3434343.cloudfront.net. If you want to point your own …
Lightsail CDN Tutorial: How-To Use Route 53 to create Alias records for Root Domains Read More »
In the video below we’ll take a look at configuring the Lightsail CDN for multiple websites. For those that are not aware CDN stands for (Content Delivery Network) and can be used to cache static files assets and hopefully speed up your websites. Some of you in the past have asked if the Lightsail CDN …
How To Configure Lightsail CDN for multiple websites on single instance Read More »
Today will be a refresher video on setting up Cpanel for Lightsail. A while back I did an introductory video on setting up Cpanel on Lightsail instance. This was when AWS introduced an blueprint/image of Cpanel for Lightsail instances. It was a popular video and based on comments and emails many of you found it …
In this video I will show you how to move your Domains DNS management to Lightsail DNS or AWS Route 53. This is useful if you make use of AWS services for our website/email or if your Domain Registrar does not provide DNS management capabilities. Steps: Lightsail DNS Create DNS Zone. Enter Domain Results will …
AWS Lightsail DNS and AWS Route 53 Overview for Beginners Read More »
