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0PHPAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5Setup · hard

tl;dr

A documented case study deploying PrestaShop on AWS using EC2 for the app and RDS MySQL for the database, split into separate tiers.

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    What it does
      PrestaShop on EC2
      RDS MySQL backend
      Two-tier architecture
    Tech stack
      PHP
      AWS EC2
      Amazon RDS
    Use cases
      Learn AWS deployment
      Study troubleshooting steps
      Reference architecture
    Audience
      DevOps learners
      Cloud engineers

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Learn how to deploy an e-commerce app on EC2 with a separate managed RDS database.

VIBE 2

See a real troubleshooting walkthrough for a broken PrestaShop download link and permission issues.

VIBE 3

Use as a reference architecture for splitting an application tier from a database tier on AWS.

VIBE 4

Study as a portfolio-style write-up of a DevOps deployment assessment.

what's the stack?

PHPAWS EC2Amazon RDSApacheMySQL

how it stacks up fr

classiq04/prestashop-aws-deploymentargosback/aura.sqlqueryargosback/jcgenealogy
Stars0
LanguagePHPPHPPHP
Last pushed2023-05-282018-02-01
MaintenanceDormantDormant
Setup difficultyhardeasymoderate
Complexity4/52/53/5
Audienceops devopsdeveloperops devops

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · hard time til it works · 1h+

Requires provisioning an EC2 instance and an RDS MySQL database and configuring security groups between them.

in plain english

This repository is a documented case study of deploying PrestaShop, an open source online store platform, on Amazon Web Services. The author built it as the final task for a DevOps internship assessment: put an e-commerce application online using a separate managed database, with the store publicly reachable. Rather than combining everything on one server, the setup splits the application and database into two tiers, which reflects common cloud deployment practice. The application itself runs on an Amazon EC2 virtual server using Ubuntu, with Apache as the web server and PHP handling the backend code, while the database runs separately on Amazon RDS using MySQL. AWS security groups control exactly which traffic is allowed to pass between the two, so the database is not directly exposed to the public internet. The README walks through the whole process step by step: launching the EC2 instance and RDS database, installing Apache, PHP, and supporting tools on the server, downloading PrestaShop, and working around a broken download link by querying GitHub's release system directly for the correct file. From there it covers extracting the application into the web server's folder, setting file permissions, enabling the URL rewriting Apache module, connecting the server to the remote database using its endpoint, database name, username, password, and port, and finally completing PrestaShop's own installation wizard. The author reports the deployment worked, with the store reachable through its public IP address, and lists the skills involved: Linux administration, Apache and PHP configuration, AWS networking and security groups, MySQL connectivity, and troubleshooting. They are candid that the deployment did not go smoothly on the first try, and that fixing problems like the broken download link and permission issues taught them more than following the instructions would have. They also note they later turned down the job this was built for, and published the write up as a portfolio piece instead. Suggested next steps for extending the project include adding Docker, Terraform, a reverse proxy, HTTPS certificates, monitoring, load balancing, and automatic scaling, though none of these are implemented yet.

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Walk me through deploying PrestaShop on EC2 with Apache, PHP, and a separate RDS MySQL database.
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Explain how the security groups here control traffic between EC2 and RDS.
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How did they work around the broken PrestaShop download link using the GitHub Releases API?
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What would I need to add, like Docker or Terraform, to make this deployment production-ready?

Frequently asked questions

what is prestashop-aws-deployment fr?

A documented case study deploying PrestaShop on AWS using EC2 for the app and RDS MySQL for the database, split into separate tiers.

What language is prestashop-aws-deployment written in?

Mainly PHP. The stack also includes PHP, AWS EC2, Amazon RDS.

How hard is prestashop-aws-deployment to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is prestashop-aws-deployment for?

Mainly ops devops.

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