Here’s how you can create and manage a Multisite WordPress server on Amazon AWS Lightsail pre-packaged virtual server built by Bitnami;
Create a WordPress Multisite instance in Lightsail.
Create a static IP and attach it to your WordPress Multisite instance in Lightsail.
At your registered domain’s DNS provided by domain registrar, point your website’s A records i.e. @ and www to Amazon static IP address.
Define the primary domain for your WordPress Multisite instance in Amazon Lightsail
sudo /opt/bitnami/configure_app_domain –domain example.com
Now you can browse to your multi-site website and WordPress dashboard by visiting;
To get the Multisite dashboard super user’s username and password
Issue these two commands in the SSH window to get root username and password:
sudo yum update
sudo su
Default Usernames and Passwords
Here are the default usernames for WordPress, including WordPress Multisite by Bitnami;
Application user name: user
Database user name: root
PrestaShop
Application user name: user@example.com
Database user name: root
Django
Application user name: N/A
Database user name: root
Ghost
Application user name: user@example.com
Database user name: root
LAMP stack (PHP 5 and PHP 7)
Application user name: N/A
Database user name: root
Node.js
Application user name: N/A
Database user name: N/A
Joomla
Application user name: user
Database user name: root
Magento
Application user name: user
Database user name: root
MEAN
Application user name: N/A
Database user name: root
Drupal
Application user name: user
Database user name: root
GitLab CE
Application user name: user
Database user name: postgres
Redmine
Application user name: user
Database user name: root
Nginx
Application user name: N/A
Database user name: root
To get the default Bitnami application and database password
Run this command in SSH window on Amazon Lightsail WordPress instance;
cat bitnami_application_password
or if you are in a different directory than user home;
cat $HOME/bitnami_application_password
Now, enter the default Bitnami WordPress username and password in the Dashboard;
Add blogs as domains to your WordPress Multisite instance in Amazon Lightsail
Click My Sites –> Network Admin –> Sites
Choose “Add New” to add a new domain and enter “example” if your new domain is “example.com” in the Site Address (URL). When done, click Add site;
Click “Edit Site” in the next dialog box and in the Site Address URL, enter your correct domain name i.e. EXAMPLE.COM instead of a subdomain displayed by default. When done, click “Save Changes”
Enable cookie support to allow sign in for different domains’ blog sites
Start SSH and enter this command;
sudo vim /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-config.php
If this command fails, you might be using an older version of the WordPress Multisite instance. Try running the following command instead.
sudo vim /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php
Press I to enter insert mode in Vim.
Add the following line of text below the define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true); line of text.
define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]);
Press the Esc key to exit insert mode in Vim, then type :wq! and press Enter to save your edits (write) and quit Vim.
Enter the following command to restart the underlying services of the WordPress instance.
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart
To learn more about advanced settings in Multisite WordPress Administration, visit;
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