3.3.1 Build the Lamp Instance

The first step in deploying the sample application is creating a LAMP stack instance in Lightsail.

1. In the AWS Management Console, on the ‘Services’ menu, click ‘Lightsail’ to navigate to the Lightsail homepage.
2. Choose ‘English’ for language support.
3. Click ‘Let's get started’
4. Click ‘Create instance’
5. Under ‘Instance Location’, make sure the region is the same as the region that your lab was launched in. Be sure to create all resources in the same region.
6. Under Select a platform, ensure Linux / Unix is selected.
7. Scroll down to ‘Select a blueprint’ and select the ‘LAMP (PHP 5)’ blueprint
8. Scroll to ‘Identify your instance’; then
   • name your instance PHP-fe-1
   • Click ‘Create instance’
9. Wait for the instance to show a state of Running.