Setup EC2 for Production using Ubuntu


Here is full guide how to setup EC2 for production using Ubuntu. I use server for hosting many frameworks stacks start from PHP, Ptyhon and Nodejs.

1. Install default development packages

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sudo apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev pkg-config python-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libbz2-dev libssl-dev p7zip-full unzip unace unp bzip2 gzip patch bind9 apache2 haproxy subversion git -y nmap libmysqlclient-dev libmysqlclient-dev libmysqlclient18

2. Install LAMPP

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sudo apt-get install nginx php5-fpm php5-mysql mysql-server php5-mysql phpmyadmin apache2-threaded-dev php5-dev php-pear php5 libapache2-mod-wsgi

3. Setup Python and Django Environment

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sudo apt-get install python-pip python-setuptools libjpeg-dev libjpeg8-dev libpng3  libfreetype6-dev imagemagick
sudo pip install virtualenv
sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper
mkvirtualenv –no-site-packages –distribute production

Edit ~/.bashrc

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export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
export PIP_VIRTUALENV_BASE=$WORKON_HOME # Tell pip to create its virtualenvs in $WORKON_HOME.
export PIP_RESPECT_VIRTUALENV=true # Tell pip to automatically use the currently active virtualenv.

Install PIP

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sudo pip install PIL  –allow-unverified PIL –allow-all-external

For virtualhost, for new Apache, make sure virtualhost have .conf extensions.


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