Tutorial: Create a web server and an Amazon Aurora DB cluster - Amazon Aurora
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Tutorial: Create a web server and an Amazon Aurora DB cluster

This tutorial shows you how to install an Apache web server with PHP and create a MySQL or PostgreSQL database. The web server runs on an Amazon EC2 instance using Amazon Linux 2023, and you can choose between an Aurora MySQL or Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. Both the Amazon EC2 instance and the DB cluster run in a virtual private cloud (VPC) based on the Amazon VPC service.

Important

There's no charge for creating an Amazon account. However, by completing this tutorial, you might incur costs for the Amazon resources you use. You can delete these resources after you complete the tutorial if they are no longer needed.

Note

This tutorial works with Amazon Linux 2023 and might not work for other versions of Linux.

In the tutorial that follows, you create an EC2 instance that uses the default VPC, subnets, and security group for your Amazon Web Services account. This tutorial shows you how to create the DB cluster and automatically set up connectivity with the EC2 instance that you created. The tutorial then shows you how to install the web server on the EC2 instance. You connect your web server to your DB cluster in the VPC using the DB cluster writer endpoint.

  1. Launch an EC2 instance

  2. Create an Amazon Aurora DB cluster

  3. Install a web server on your EC2 instance

The following diagram shows the configuration when the tutorial is complete.

Single VPC Scenario
Note

After you complete the tutorial, there is a public and private subnet in each Availability Zone in your VPC. This tutorial uses the default VPC for your Amazon Web Services account and automatically sets up connectivity between your EC2 instance and DB cluster. If you would rather configure a new VPC for this scenario instead, complete the tasks in Tutorial: Create a VPC for use with a DB cluster (IPv4 only).