How to Migrate WordPress to AWS (Full Guide)

[@OnePageZen]

To view the latest version of this tutorial (updated for 2021), including domain name and SSL configuration: onepagezen.com/migrate-wordpress-aws View this tutorial with each step listed individually with pictures: www.onepagezen.com/migrate-wordpress-aws

[@abhijeetraj7952]

Links do not work!

[@DeeptarkoChowdhury]

Even though I'm watching this video after I've already figured out most of what needs to be done, I must thank you amply for this video. Succinctly done. Not confusing at all. AND RELEVANT 3 YEARS LATER! Have had to go through a bunch of unstrung videos to figure out half the processes you've demonstrated in such simple terms here. Essentially, the algorithm you've used to get the work done is 10 times less cumbersome than what the other videos recommended.

[@Casey2222]

I rarely comment on anything KZbin, but I just wanted to say that this was exceptionally! It has helped me tremendously and I appreciate your work

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks for the feedback Casey - I'm glad to hear that you've benefited from the tutorials!

[@goinsolutions7665]

I'm from Brazil and i"m so glad for this tutorial

[@OnePageZen]

Awesome - thanks for the feedback!

[@elasfarcom]

You have great website , well explained ..thanks a lot for the good work ...

[@RandyHunt]

Thank you! This was a great video! Audio was good, speed was perfect, and your descriptions were perfect! Really good job!

[@PabloVillaronga]

Amazing tutorial ! i migrate a site for a test for my customer in less than 2 hours ! Thanks

[@joangavelan]

For those interested in obtaining SSL. Once logged into the bitnami console, before doing any redirect, run the following command: sudo /opt/bitnami/bncert-tool This will take you through a series of questions that the console will ask you for SSL configuration, just type yes or not (Y or N) in each one of them. It will also ask you about the www to non www redirection and vice versa which means you can do both steps when installing SSL, turned out to be more useful and simple.

[@sanjaymca04]

Hi, Thanks for such a useful video. As you mentioned in your video, our back file size is more than 520MB. Please could you share the link of video in which you have explained what changes need to be made to upload that oversize backup file? Thanks

[@joannewen]

One of the best and more clearly explained tutorials on KZbin! Thank you!!

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@flnmahasamund]

thanks One Page Zen for your best helpful demonstration

[@alexlynpi]

Please make a video on explaining how the AWS pricing works.

[@nilwithguitar4241]

Underrated channel

[@mahesh-waghmare]

Very nice tutorial with easy steps and in simple language.

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks for the feedback Mahesh!

[@turqoizehexagonsun]

Absolutely fantastic, thank you so much. I'd love to see one on how to migrate the mail server as well.

[@sachinaggarwal4380]

Great video. easy to follow instructions. I just did a test run step-by-step without any problems. Thanks

[@TRIPLEX47]

Absolutely brilliant video great step by step instructions. Thank you

[@pushpampatel9608]

Great Tutorial Can you please tell me how can I see my database in AWS after usinf all in one plugin

[@RobertoRaymon]

Any tutorial to do this if you're migrating the site to a different domain name?

[@musharafhussain2316]

Hi great tutorial. Can you answer the following questions: 1) What if you are running a new word press site. Is it better to create a domain name on route 53? 2)Also, when you install WordPress, is the storage on the root volume of the instance? But, if the root volume accidentally is terminated or deleted will we not lose the data? How do we install on WordPress on additional volume?

[@mohanvirgill3517]

thank you very much. It was hard to find a tutorial online and this was perfect and worked right away.

[@OnePageZen]

Awesome - I'm glad to hear it!

[@areebpanjwani3702]

Thank you this video was very helpful. I have a wordpress site running on my localhost, is it possible to deploy this on aws. I'm guessing it would be a similar process as shown in the video. However when it comes to the stage of transferring the database I can not use the same steps since my website is not live. In this scenario how would I go about transferring my database to the aws wordpress instance ?

[@tevpaul6575]

Looks great will try it out thank you!

[@michaelopeoluwa]

Thank you for this. Can multiple websites be migrated to a single EC2 instance repeating each step you've followed or I need to create separate instance? Also, can I create a hosted zone for subdomain instead of root domain?

[@ItsStevieMac]

Brilliant - Thank you very much for this, exactly what I needed for migrating my site to AWS.

[@OnePageZen]

Awesome - glad to hear the tutorial was helpful!

[@kshatriya5]

good explanation for complex things.

[@webdesign1499]

Hi.. i have my site ready with me..i want to transfer that into AWS server. Your video is really helpful but i don't get where do i can upload my database...and after that what settings do i need to change....Please help.

[@philippalbrecht9023]

Awesome tutorial, thanks so much for putting this together!

[@AbdulkarimZrik1983]

Awesome !!! Thank you very much. You save my day

[@MorisAdam]

Hey. Thanks for the awesome tutorial. But how do you increase max_upload_size in aws? I mean I couldn't find the php.ini file? And how do you have the max upload to 512 MB? where as I just have 40 MB

[@OnePageZen]

Check out the instructions here: docs.bitnami.com/general/apps/wordpress/administration/increase-upload-limit-php/

[@MPTran-pz1gm]

The new default update file size is only 40MB. Your old tutorial refer to the wrong line. New code line start at line 350. The setting seem to look different too. // ================= // = Max File Size = // ================= define( 'AI1WM_MAX_FILE_SIZE', 2

[@aashishsaxena5261]

Hey, please tell me Does it work if I want to move my site from localhost to AWS

[@postnatalmotcoach1006]

hello. im currently with go daddy and due to reinstate another year in a week but id like an open source so if i go through this process once i tranfer over is the maintenance easy ?

[@MegaOnerb]

The best tutorial how to migrate wordpress, if you have a tutorial how to install free SSL/TLS certificate for AWS will be awesome

[@miggiii1337]

Thanks, very helpful ! Is it still useful to use Amazon S3 for media files or is there no reason anymore?

[@OnePageZen]

Yes absolutely - I would recommend it.

[@tedahd5004]

Why two domains are essential? What if the first domain is yahoo.com? All information would be gone by the transformation mentioned in the second steps?

[@OnePageZen]

You need both the www. and non-www. version of your domain to be covered under the SSL certificate.

[@_gauravpandey]

After my wordpress to AWS Ec2 migration, I am unable to create a new post or edit existing posts, rest of the admin is working fine, and database looks like connected as well, but it just can't add or edit posts, White screen shows "There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.". Any guess why it is so? help will be appreciated.

[@pranitaj]

Hey, So I have finally got it done. And it's working. :) I have one more question. If I make changes on my old wordpress.com website, it do not reflect in the new website. So it do not sync automatically. Is it possible to achieve that?

[@mohammedhasan3182]

Nice and concise explanation on how to move existing wordpress site to AWS. Is the free tier AMI good enough for a website which has less than 500 visitors per month?

[@OnePageZen]

Hi Mohammed, For running WordPress websites, the free tier can easily handle 1000-100,000+ visitors per month. I hope this answers your questions, Joe

[@mohammedhasan3182]

Thanks for the response!

[@hellocomtec4105]

What a great tutorial - thank you!

[@godstimeaigbodion1144]

Thank you so much for sharing, it very helpful. Great Job!!!

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks very much for the feedback Godstime - I appreciate it!

[@Pankaj-Verma-]

Thank you very much, sir you have been a great help and yes best video on the related topic.

[@OnePageZen]

Thank you Pankaj!

[@AllKannadaTricks]

Connection timed out im getting this error after updated name servers please help me bro

[@raghedsalloum8590]

Hello, I just want to ask if this process possible to work if I have a finalized localhost wordpress website or it will ask me to rebuild it from the beginning?

[@luisdfernandez2601]

Awesome tutorial!!! Thank you so much for this!!

[@brabratil2188]

As you enter the wordpress installation files, I need to change directory, is that possible in AWS?

[@vapeup5576]

Dear Sir its a great tutorial! very helpful and easy to understand. I also wish to know how I can access the FTP folder of my wordpress installation and also the PHP admin SQL database. In some cases it becomes essential to access these two areas while managing a wordpress website.

[@OnePageZen]

Hello Vape, I currently only have these guides for Google Cloud: Here is a guide for FTP: www.onepagezen.com/phpmyadmin-ssh-tunnel/ Here is a guide for phpMyAdmin: www.onepagezen.com/phpmyadmin-ssh-tunnel/ Let me know if you have any questions, Joe

[@sonamprajapati2843]

if migrate wordpress site on aws service hosting is chargeable or free?

[@excel4u2]

Great Tutorial. You should do this for a living! Question. If the wp site that i want to import is a wpmu, do I have to configure the aws wp installation to be a wpmu before importing? Thanks Lloyd

[@tedtdu]

Does it have to be with two domain names? you ended up with same one anyway.

[@rice_to]

How would I do this with Cloudflare though?

[@richardc8129]

A little off-topic, but thought I'd ask. I'm looking at AWS LiteSail. Any reason you are using Ec2 instead of LiteSail??? Thanks.

[@OnePageZen]

No - there is no reason in particular, aside from staying consistent with the tutorials for the other cloud providers.

[@jgz2]

Thanks for this video. Very helpful.

[@reus42]

How to add ssl in aws? thanks

[@jbdiamondhands]

Would this work for a large Wordpress site with over 50 plugins? If so, how does it copy over all the images and plugin files?

[@OnePageZen]

I would disable/remove any unnecessary plugins before migrating. Then follow the steps outlined here: onepagezen.com/migrate-wordpress-installations/

[@KalyanMondalKalyan]

Can you please tell me how to add 3rd party ssl certificate in wordpress website hosted on AWS?

[@kennethchua2767]

Hi, great tutorial. Every instruction was clear and simple to execute. However I'm stuck at the All-in-one migration part. So im migrating my existing website to the wp on AWS, but both domains are the same. Meaning unlike your example, I decided to migrate my website without changing to a new domain name. Is this possible? Also, will I lose the SEO that I have for my existing website after the migration?

[@OnePageZen]

Hi Kenneth, There should be less steps involved if you're using the same domain, seeing as you won't have to use the 'find and replace' feature. Also, the migration shouldn't affect your SEO since your're using the same domain name.

[@rubikprint3744]

What will happen to webmail or other subdomain used in the previoushosting ?

[@OnePageZen]

You would have to migrate those DNS records to AWS as well. If it's something you're not familiar with, or if your operations are dependent on your existing mail setup, then I would forgo migrating to AWS.

[@kaiserroan1515]

Helpful tutorial. I managed to execute this. However, I can not access the aws wordpress website as an admin when I use the old login. so I am locked out of the website to make any changes though it is running live. What can I do.

[@OnePageZen]

If the old login doesn't work, you will have to change the password from the DB/backend

[@OnePageZen]

This is typically only the case when using an email address for login though - do you have an admin username?

[@mhysh33]

7:49 in this point I can’t understand what is going on. must be purchase my domain from another hosting websites ? Aws not hosting my website !

[@rajiv_babbar]

Sir I saw one tutorial before yours. And they use Elastic Ip and ask us to Change A record from hosting with the elastic ip that we allocated to the instance. And now some time when user came from search engine blog show them that elastic ip address instead of domain name. Please help us.

[@ai8434]

After this sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache Unmonitored apache Syntax OK /opt/bitnami/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd stopped Syntax OK /opt/bitnami/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd started at port 80 Monitored apache my Domain name not showing... can u Help me?

[@lopo8000]

i was just clicking everywere and somehow amazon just deleted my instance? but my website is still online, what can i do?

[@yaduvanshcollections7349]

Thanks its very helpful

[@Kalonda12]

Thanks for the tutorial. But how do you migrate the images you have in the 'old' uploads folder?

[@imadust]

If you don't know how to do that, AWS is probably not the right choice for your web hosting lol

[@Cuthbert237]

@@imadust that's helpful...

[@aprendiendorpauipath2759]

What can I do if my instance does not show me logs

[@king-ci4ob]

I hav a question.... Can I use my domain name before 60 days from purchase... Or hv to wait for 60 days to migrate to aws.?

[@BallinVille]

How can i migrate database directly in phpmyadmin ?

[@matanp]

when installing a wordpress on aws, is there a way to get a default 'something.wordpress.com' address?

[@abdamingani1297]

Can I use cloudflare for Amazon nameserver?

[@jhonykhan2326]

best video related to the topic.

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks Jhony!

[@jontoker]

You are the best bro!

[@hamdansajid]

Can we use Updraft PRO for migration to aws

[@OnePageZen]

You can use any of the migration plugins - they should all work. It's possible you may run into a permission issue, but likely nothing beyond that. Give it a try and let me know if you have questions!

[@dailyaimlimited7210]

Thanks for this tutorial. The issue I am having right now (after migrating my exiting site). I migrated the same website that has a valid SSL certificate (https) and after the migration to my AWS and Google cloud the SSL certificate (https) is not showing. Then I followed your tutorial to setup ssl certificate, and after I did not it ended with an error. When I restarted my apache it said aborted. And the https error still continues. Was I wrong setting up an ssl certificate on a site that already has one from an old hosting service?

[@md.zeaulhoqueshuvo4122]

Great tutorial :D

[@mbazarah]

Great video thank you so much

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks for the feedback Mohammed!

[@georgedavis3146]

Great, thank you

[@ai8434]

after i did till 13:5 minutes.... when i type my domain name it shows www.example.com... how do i bring back my domain name... or should i wait for 24 hours ?

[@quadaddictionfpv4777]

For 512 MB import, make sure to download file extension for ‘All-in-One’ this option ic displayed when you choose “import more than x MB”

[@pushpampatel9608]

Can we do it without changing the Domain Name (I mean Domain name remains the same )

[@DEEPAKTIWARI23]

Could you please clarify why both ip and as well as domain opening in different..? because i can make changes in two different places.

[@OnePageZen]

This is expected behavior. You can configure a redirect in Apache by following the instructions here: www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/redirect-ip-address-to-domain-name-apache

[@sumanpalisetty6096]

Hi Sir, I have created the first step and started adding the content in wp since a month but i have not done second step. I did second step today and i am able to go to www.example.com but when i use the ipAddress in browser it is not working. It says server IP address can't be found. I am using Elastic IP, so the ipAddress is same too, why do you think my domain name works and not my ipAddress, kindly enlighten me.

[@HarshSingh-om7ud]

Is there any option to upload Google drive data on Newly created wordpress site

[@OnePageZen]

Not sure - if you figure it out, please share!

[@theoryofmotion]

Would the second part be the same if I was migrating a site to AWS Lightsail?

[@OnePageZen]

Hi Jesse - I don't currently have any AWS tutorials that incorporate Lightsail. And I'm not sure - I have never used their Lightsail service.

[@rohitmalakar]

Very useful video. Thanks for uploading. But how to upload without using WP migration? Because my file size is too huge.

[@OnePageZen]

Check out this guide for migrating the application manually: docs.bitnami.com/aws/how-to/migrate-php-application/ Also, check out the tutorial for increasing the upload limit for the all-in-one migration plugin (make sure to use the older version of the tutorial, see the link at top of tutorial page): www.onepagezen.com/all-in-one-wp-migration-unlimited-extension-free/

[@gandergodhaha]

Just a question before I start this process. I have my site built already on localhost so if I'm moving from localhost using wamp to a live server, when I'm doing the migration step exporting the file with the all-in-one plugin, would I simply just replace my localhost url with the new domain I register and it essentially works the same as this?

[@khanmohdfaheem9789]

I hope yes. It will work

[@relationshipsandchilltv1133]

Great videos! Can you do a tutorial on how to setup an SSL certificate on AWS!!

[@OnePageZen]

Yes I will do a tutorial on how to configure SSL on AWS - stay tuned!

[@relationshipsandchilltv1133]

Thank you sir!

[@relationshipsandchilltv1133]

I was told that the SSL Certificate from AWS was basically "unusable" and was told to use Let's Encrypt instead. What are your thoughts?

[@OnePageZen]

Yes - don' use the AWS certs. The Let's Encrypt certificates are free and quick to install, it's what the majority of professional developers use.

[@relationshipsandchilltv1133]

Perfect! I had a developer put in a Let's Encrypt certificate and HTTPS the images in like 20 minutes! I was lost using AWS for like 3 days.

[@king-ci4ob]

U r genius... Thnk u.

[@sumitshinde3392]

Can I skip step 2 for WordPress site deployment testing?

[@OnePageZen]

Yes you can.

[@claudioruiz6726]

Everything work for me with this tutorial, with a final exception, MY OLD WORPDRESS SITE PASSWORD DOT WORK ON NEW SD2 SITE, when i used all-in-one wp Migrate plugin for import, at the end warning about the old site was build on php5 and the new site ec2 is build on php7. That was the problem? or any other idea why my old worpdress password is not working? Please some help

[@OnePageZen]

I don't know why the old site password isn't working - but I'd recommend checking that your domain name is resolving to the correct IP. Also, migrating from PHP5 to PHP 7 usually doesn't cause any issues.

[@inglesfacilito]

aws o google cloud platform, if someone can share their experiences, please? (just wanna know which is better cause I’m about to migrate) Thanks in advance

[@OnePageZen]

I prefer GCP - but AWS has a substantially larger market share.

[@rakeshsawant5175]

Pl show the mx setting in amazon aws

[@mridulverma1392]

Thankyou so much for making this video

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks for the feedback mridul!

[@rijoydey798]

i cannot find the password on the system log? What do I do?

[@Kanan3]

You absolute beauty thank you for this

[@skipa9906]

I am trying to import my file but nothing is happening. pls help?

[@adamsjackson3203]

Thank you. So how to get ssl secure site?

[@OnePageZen]

Hi Adams, Just run the following command and go through the steps: sudo /opt/bitnami/bncert-tool Source: docs.bitnami.com/aws/apps/wordpress/administration/generate-configure-certificate-letsencrypt/

[@djshayen1]

Well explained......thanks

[@OnePageZen]

Thanks for the feedback Amal!

[@ascari5303]

I have already have SSL installed on the website that I’m transferring!! Can I skip the SSH step where you restarted Apache servers

[@OnePageZen]

Which step are you referring to? What point in the video is it?

[@StambaughDesignsBellingham]

hm, my domain is pointing to the correct IP on Lightsail, but still loads the old wordpress site I haven't transferred yet...?

[@MuhammadIrfanAli-dt8ue]

The same problem Need help. if anyone know?