Overview of Project ☁️

• This project involves deploying a WordPress website using a 3-Tier Traditional Architecture on AWS. The architecture ensures scalability, reliability, and security for hosting the website. Key components include:
  
  Network Setup: Configuring a VPC with 2 public subnets and 4 private subnets. An Internet Gateway (IGW) is used for external connectivity, while 2 NAT Gateways in public subnets provide internet access for resources in private subnets.
• Load Balancing: An Application Load Balancer (ALB) distributes incoming traffic to the instances.
• Compute Layer: Two EC2 instances are deployed in private subnets for hosting the WordPress application.
• Database Layer: An Amazon RDS instance is configured in the private subnets.
• Routing and Security: Route tables and security groups are set up for controlling traffic flow and ensuring resource protection.

Steps to be performed 👩‍💻

We'll go through the following steps in the next few lessons.

1. Networking Setup- Create a VPC with Public and Private Subnets

2. Networking Setup- Create a NAT Gateway and Security Groups

3. Database Setup- Create MySQL database and EFS in AWS

4. Compute Setup- Setting up EC2 instances and Application Load Balancer

Services Used 🛠

• Amazon VPC: Provides the isolated network environment with subnets, route tables, and NAT Gateways for secure and scalable architecture. [Networking]
• Internet Gateway (IGW): Facilitates internet access for resources in public subnets. [Networking]
• NAT Gateway: Allows instances in private subnets to connect to the internet for updates while maintaining security. [Networking]
• Application Load Balancer (ALB): Distributes incoming traffic across the EC2 instances in the public subnets. [Load Balancing]
• Amazon EC2: Hosts the WordPress application with scalability and flexibility. [Compute]
• Amazon RDS: Provides a managed database service for storing WordPress data. [Database]
• IAM Roles & Policies: Ensures secure interaction between AWS services. [Permissions]
• Route Tables: Configures network routing for traffic flow across subnets. [Networking]
• Security Groups: Implements fine-grained control over traffic to and from resources. [Security]

Estimated Time & Cost ⚙️

• This project is estimated to take about 3 -4 hours
• Cost: ~$1 - $2

➡️ Diagram

This is the architectural diagram for the project:

➡️ Final Result

• Once deployed, the project delivers the following:A live WordPress website accessible via the ALB DNS endpoint
• Secure traffic routing with EC2 instances in private subnets
• Integrated Amazon RDS for dynamic content management
• A scalable and production-ready 3-Tier architecture

This is what our project will look like, once built: