We run regular monthly events aimed at teaching how to create a webserver from scratch, using AWS, Ubuntu, Apache, PHP & MySQL. We generally run these on the last Tuesday of every second month. Check the events page to see when the next one is.

We'll take you through:

1. Setting up your Amazon Web Services account.
2. Installing an Ubuntu Linux server.
3. Securely connecting to your new server
4. Installing the web server software (Apache)
5. Configuring PHP/MySQL
6. Creating a basic webpage

Following these steps will help you set up a new Ubuntu web server (apache2) and database (MySQL) on an Amazon EC2 virtual machine.

• 1) Webserver Part 1: Setting up an Amazon EC2 instance (how to use AWS to create an EC2 instance)
• 2) Webserver Part 2: Setting up - How to set up your webserver and database as well as PHP and Adminer
• 3) Webserver Part 3: Hello World - Your first hello world program (and how to set file permissions and create your first file)
• 4) Webserver Part 4: Editing files - Editing files (how to set up Notepad++ and access your EC2 files)
• 5) Webserver Part 5: Basic Form - An example of a basic HTML form.
• 6) Webserver Part 6: What's Next - Have a look at the options on what to do next