Launch the instance and connect with ssh.
##Update the server
sudo yum update
##Install php and MySQL packages
sudo yum install https mod_ssl mysql mysql-server php php-mysql php-xml
##Start MySQL service
cd /etc/rc.d/init.d/
sudo ./mysqld start
sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation //follow instructions
##Setup startup scripts for apache and MySQL
cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
sudo rm K15httpd
sudo rm K36mysqld
sudo ln -s ../init.d/mysqld S30mysql
sudo ln -s ../init.d/httpd S85httpd
##Make mod_rewrite (.htaccess) work in subdirectories
cd /etc/httpd/conf
sudo cp httpd.conf httpd.conf.backup // Make a backup just in case
sudo nano httpd.conf
Find <Directory "/var/www/html">
Replace AllowOverride none with AllowOverride all
(optional if apache is running already, restart it)
sudo service httpd restart
##Start apache
sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
##Sources