AWS - Notes for installing Apache - PostgreSQL - PostGIS - PHP (LAPPP) on an AWS EC2 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Server for development.

AWS - Notes for installing Apache - PostgreSQL - PostGIS - PHP (LAPPP) on an AWS EC2 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Server for development.

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    DESCRIPTION:
    Notes for installing Apache - PostgreSQL - PostGIS - PHP (LAPPP) on an AWS EC2 Ubuntu 16.x Server for development.  
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    PART 1: Stand Up an Ubuntu 16.x server on AWS EC2
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1. Below are notes for creating a new Ubuntu EC2 server with an Elastic IP

    In the AWS EC2 console, choose 'Launch Instance'
    Choose Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS
    Instance Details:
        Number of Instances: 1
        Instance Type: T1 Micro (t1.micro, 613 MB)
        Launch Instance: (default)
        RAM Disk ID: (default)
        Monitoring: (default)
        0 EBS Volumes: (default)
        Key: Name | Value: TileStream-Ubuntu
    Create a new Key Pair
        Download the key pair - this file will be used each time we connect to this server
    Create a Security Group with Inbound Rules
        SSH - 22 (needed for connecting to server via SSH)
        HTTP - 80
        Postgres - 5432 
    Issue an Elastic IP 
        Go to EC2 --> Network & Security --> Elastic IPs --> Allocate New Address
        Right-click on the IP address and associated with your Ubuntu server
    
2. Connecting to your Ubuntu Server using Mac OSX Terminal as an SSH client

    Open Mac OSX Terminal
    cd to the location of your .pem file 
    In Terminal ... 
        chmod 400 [name of pem file]
        ssh -i [name of your pem flie].pem ubuntu@[your elastic ip]
        
        for example: ssh -i tileStream.pem [email protected]

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    PART 2: Install Apache
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1. Update Ubuntu
    
    In Terminal ...
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get upgrade
        sudo apt-get install build-essential

2. Install Apache Web Server

    In Terminal ...
        sudo apt-get install apache2

3. Confirm the web server is working properly
  
    Open a web browser and go to your URL … http://[your elastic ip]
    You will see the response 'It works!'

4. Upload your web app

	a. SSH connect to EC2 and create a target directory.  
		ssh -i my.pem [email protected]
		
		mkdir site
		
		cmd + d
		
	b. SCP files from Mac to EC2 server
	
		cd to directory with .pem file
		
		scp -i my.pem ~/webapp/dist/* [email protected]:~/site
		
	c. SSH connect to EC2 and move from site folder to html folder
	
	
		ssh -i my.pen [email protected]
		
		rsync -r site/ /var/www/html
	
	Open a web browser and go to your URL … http://[your elastic ip]/[your web folder]/[your html file].html

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    PART 3: Install Postgres and Postgis
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1. Install Postgres with Postgis

	Connect to your EC2 server.  In Terminal …
		sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
		sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa
		sudo apt-get update
		sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.1-postgis

	Set the postgres user password.  In Terminal …
		sudo passwd postgres
		[enter new password]
		[retype new password]
	You will be informed that the password was successfully updated.  In Terminal ...


	Setting the postgres password via psql.  In Terminal ...

		sudo -s -u postgres
 		psql
   		\password postgres
		<Enter new password:>
		<Enter it again:>
		\q
	
2. Update the postgresql.conf file

	In Terminal ...

		cd /etc/postgresql/9.1/main

		sudo vim postgresql.conf

		Uncomment #listen_address ... 
	
			Move cursor over #listen_addresses

			Shift + I (i.e. insert)

			Move cursor and delete '#' and enter '*' in place of 'localhost'
		
		To get out of insert mode hit 'esc'
	
		Save changes. In Terminal …
		
			:w 
	
			Hit [Enter]
	
		Exit vim. In Terminal …
		
			:x
			Hit [Enter]

3. Update the pg_hba.conf file
	
	In Terminal …

		sudo vim pg_hba.conf

		Change the entry for # IPv4 local connections appropriately:
		For example:	host	all	all	0.0.0.0/0	md5

4. Restart postgres

	In Terminal …
		cd ~
		sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart

5 On your workstation, assuming you have a pgAdmin client, connect to your database.  Note the Security Group you used on your EC2 server should have port 5432 open (default port for Postgres).


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    PART 4: Install PHP
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1. Install PHP.
	
	In Terminal ...
		sudo apt-get install php5-pgsql
		sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5
		sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
	
2. Upload a test .php file to confirm all is working properly.

Hi ccabanero,
Thank you for the set-up code. I am having trouble on Part 2: 4 when accessing the test.html in the browser.
I got:
Not Found

The requested URL /test/test.html was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at ec2-35-165-79-192.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com Port 80

Can you please help ?

@simondedjo - I just updated part 2 - hopefully you already figured this out!!! :)