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Jennifer Christensen
IT-423 – Computing as a Science
4-1 Activity: WordPress on a Cloud Server
July 24, 2022
Running EC2 Instance
Running EC2 Instance (Public IP Address)
WordPress on EC2 Instance
Comparison: How does this process differ from traditional in-house server creation?
Consider costs, speed, and security.
I have no experience with setting up a traditional in-house server creation before.
However,
just from this activity, I can see the time advantage to setting up a cloud server to launch a
website.
For someone who is experienced, the setup time would be minimal, and the website
would be operational quickly.
The cost is less due to less hardware and setup time.
With
AWS you pay for the resources you use.
Security is different because of in-house server is
protected by whatever security policies an organization puts in place.
The security of the
server I launched on AWS is provided by Amazon, who have more resources than I do to
secure their physical servers properly.
Advantages: Given the quick turnaround in technology, how can the company take
advantage of EC2 instances in its testing environments?
Testing updates or new sites should always be completed before it is released to the public.
Using EC2 instances for testing environments is cheaper than doing it in-house, set up
quickly for testing, and easy to close when the testing is over.
It keeps the testing
environment separate from the real site as well so there is no chance of someone
implementing the test before it is ready.
Improvement: Was the tutorial easy to follow? What issues did you run into? What are
some possible improvements you would give for the EC2 setup process?
The tutorial wasn’t too difficult to follow.
However, AmazonAWS is updating their
processes, so some directions need to be updated to suit the new screen prompts.
For now,
there is an option to select the “old way” but I’m sure that will go away in the future.
My
errors in the tutorial happened when I was editing the file to the database connections.
Since
I don’t have prior experience, I followed the tutorial instructions.
When I tried to connect to
WordPress I got a database connection error.
It took my husband helping me with a fresh set
of eyes to realize I needed to change the wording already present, not type in the commands
again.
It felt like an accomplishment when I was able to access my WordPress connection!
Admin Tools: What are three of the included admin tools (listed on the left side menu in
the admin panel) in a base setup, and how can they be used to manage content on your
site?
Three admin tools included in a base setup are Posts, Appearance, and Users.
The Post tab
takes the admin to the different posts on the site.
Using this tab makes it quick to add, edit,
or delete posts.
It also shows comments on posts which is a quick link to the Comments tab.
The Appearance tab lets the admin update the site to preselected themes.
The themes are
customizable but would let a new website owner get their site up and running quickly.
The
Users tab allows the admin to establish other user roles and monitor their posts.
Users could
just be allowed to add content or have more permissions that allow them to edit the site.
Its
important for the right users to have the right permissions on any site.
Plug-Ins: How are plug-ins used within WordPress and, other than phpMyAdmin, what
plug-in is useful for data management? How is it useful?
The Plugins tab lets the admin select which plug-ins to allow on their site.
There are many
different ones to choose from that allow editing, spam protection, widgets, security, health
checkups and more.
Using the right plug-ins can add value to the site.
A plug-in for data
management is called ATUM WooCommerce Inventory Management and Stock Tracking.
The plug-in creates a dashboard that allows an admin to track inventory, vendors, and stock
items.
Any site that sells merchandise needs a way to track the data of sales and inventory
which are always in flux.
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