Create new instance to install WordPress in EC2.

Question

My web developer want to go to EC2 and create a new instance so  can install WordPress into it.

But he is getting the wrror message:

"The AMI ID (...) is not valid. The AMI may or maybe specific to another account or region."

I live in Australia. My web developer lives in Sri Lanka. He asked me to give him the password for the root account but I refused. PLEASE HELP! I am person with terminal medical condition.

Answer

Hi,

You can use any AMI in any region of your choice for the EC2 instance, and install WordPress on it. \
If you are residing in Australia and want to serve your users there, you can ask your Web developer to switch region to `ap-southeast-4`, and then create an EC2 instance with an AMI of your choice.
Please follow this guide [1] to achieve so.

Also, **sharing the Root Account password is highly discouraged**, especially if you're working with developers or third-party service providers. \
Instead, you can create a new user [2] with the necessary permissions and provide those credentials to your web developer.

References: \
[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/hosting-wordpress.html \
[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html

Thanks, \
Atul

Create new instance to install WordPress in EC2.

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