Modify php.ini or .htacces in Bitnami WordPress Production-Ready Stack for AWS Multi-Tier Solutions

Dawid 2020-06-29 11:21:43 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress - AWS - How to - Other
Description:
Hi

I need to modify either .htaccess or php.ini. I am using Bitnami WordPress Production-Ready Stack for AWS Multi-Tier Solutions. Since it's being autoscaled, I presume only resources stored in EFS (mounted at /bitnami) are persistent. Unfortunately, neither .htaccess nor php.ini are placed in /bitnami. That means when new server will be created due to autoscaling, it won't know anything about settings made to the other servers. How to manage such configuration then?

jota 2020-06-30 08:09:31 UTC #2

Hi @Dawid,

Thank you for using our solution. If the solution is scaled and a new instance is deployed, it includes the custom configuration of the image we publish (it doesn't use any previous configuration you had). If you want to include your custom configuration, you will need to create a custom image from the image we publish and modify the template to use that custom image instead of the one we provide. You can learn more about this here

https://docs.bitnami.com/aws-templates/apps/wordpress-production-ready/configuration/use-custom-ami/

Happy to help!

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Dawid 2020-06-30 09:45:46 UTC #3

Hi @jota,

Thank you for your help. It seems this is the right solution for me.
I have a question regarding SKIP_FIRST_BOOT.
Why is it necessary? Shouldn't be the opposite? I would like to have an instance properly initialized and then some custom applied. How SKIP_FIRST_BOOT works?

jota 2020-07-01 08:10:46 UTC #4

Hi @Dawid,

It's required to avoid configuring WordPress. Please note that it requires a running database to store the information so as you are customizing the app, you don't need the database or connect it to other WordPress' instances. This way, once you edit it and create a copy of the image, all the new images the deployment launches will use that one with your customizations. During that launch, the app will be initialized and connected to the database and the other WordPress instances as well (that's why the initialization is required here and not when you customize it)

Dawid 2020-07-01 22:53:51 UTC #5

That explains and satisfies my needs.

Thank you, @jota.

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