Tag: LightSail

14 December 2021

Updating PHP on an AWS LightSail WordPress Stack

NB: If you’re hoping for a way to click ‘update php’ or ‘use X version of PHP’ in LightSail, it doesn’t (at time of writing) exist. This guidance will walk you through creating a new LightSail instance with a newer version of PHP installed and […]

29 December 2021

AWS – Restore from failed LightSail

NOTE: This is assuming you use UPDRAFT for your backup and use AWS’s LightSail service with WordPress STOP the old Instance Release the old Instance STATIC IP Create a NEW Instance of same SPEC Allocate the Static-IP Connect via SSH Get the WordPress login details […]

21 January 2023

AWS – How to create a Lightsail Bucket for multiple users

You can create and configure an Amazon Lightsail bucket with separate permissions for two people to read and write to it. Here are the steps: This will give both user A and user B the ability to read and write to the Lightsail bucket but […]