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      How to set up New JINKEI stack

      How to set up New JINKEI stack Tomohyco Tsunoda

      Table of contents

      1. Requirements
      2. Subscribe JINKEI Stack
      3. Create CloudFormation JINKEI Stack
      4. Get Certificate's ARN
      5. Update CloudFormation settings
      6. Setup WordPress
      7. Assign the domain name to CloudFormation Stack to make it public
      8. Update DNS record of the domain name

      Requirements

      • AWS account
      • DNS server (e.g. Route 53, Cloudflare, GoDaddy)
      • Domain name (e.g. jinkei.example.com)
      • Certificate ARN of the domain name to attach to CloudFront (e.g. arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789123:certificate/abcd1234-efgh-5678-jlkm-opqrstuvwxy)

      Phase 1. Subscribe JINKEI Single

      Login to AWS Console

      Navigate to WordPress powered by AMIMOTO and click [Continue to Subscribe]

      Configure template

      i. Select Delivery Method

      • Choose [CloudFormation Template] in Select Fulfilment Option
      • Choose [WordPress by JINKEI (Simple Stack HVM Aurora] or [WordPress powered by JINKEI (Simple Stack HVM]

      ii. Software Version

      • Choose latest

      iii. Region

      • Anywhere you demand

      iv. Click [Continue to Launch]

      Select action and launching software

      Choose [Launch CloudFormation] then click [Launch] button

      Phase 2. Create CloudFormation

      Set up JINKEI

      Input or select field

      • Stack name
      • DBInstanceClass
      • DBUsername
      • DBPassword
      • EC2InstanceType
      • EC2KeyPairname

      Click [Next] button

      Click [Next] button on Advanced Options

      Review settings

      Check the checkbox under Capabilities then click [Create stack]

      Now processing

      Request and get the certificate

      Input the domain name and click [Next] button

      Choose　DNS validation

      Set Tag Name and its value

      Review settings

      Copy DNS validation record

      For the sample it will be like below:

      Name: _908e1340c4a44f368073b947ee8456e9.jinkei.example.com

      Type: CNAME

      Value: _269db6d0f3f65608589acb36a4173506.auiqqraehs.acm-validations.aws.

      Add DNS records to DNS server to complete domain verification

      Note:
      Domain validation should be done within 72 hours since your request. If you could not, you should make a request again.

      Goto ControlPanel of your DNS provider, and set up DNS records for DNS authentication.
      Here is example for Route 53 of AWS.

      Create record and input value of DNS record you copied above, then click [Create]

      Certificate status turns to "Issued"

      After adding validation DNS record, the Certificate status turns to "Issued"

      Copy ARN

      Phase 3. Update CloudFormation settings

      To add ARN value and domain name to the created Stack

      Navigate CloudFormation again

      Click Update button

      Choose [Use current template] and click [Next] button

      Update values

      • Paste copied ARN to `CDNCertifiationARN`
      • Input your site domain name to SiteDomain

      Scroll down to the bottom of page then click [Next] button

      Check Capabilities then [Update stack]

      Stack will be updating

      Click Outputs menu

      Copy Domain and InstanceIDLoginID

      • Domain is default WordPress URL (e.g. db5nbxeeyvd04.cloudfront.net)
      • InstanceIDLoginID is default password for admin of WordPress and equal to EC2' instance ID (e.g. i-abcedf123456789)

      Phase 4. Set up WordPress

      Access copied Domain (e.g. db5nbxeeyvd04.cloudfront.net)

      Input InstanceIDLoginID then click [Next Step]

      Fill in each fields to complete initial setup

      .... And login to WordPress Dashboard

      Update WordPress Address and Site Address to your domain name

      CloudFront URL (e.g. db5nbxeeyvd04.cloudfront.net) to your domain name (jinkei.example.com)

      Phase 5. Update DNS record of the domain name

      Navigate to Control Panel of DNS provider and modify ALIAS or CNAME record to CloudFront URL (e.g. db5nbxeeyvd04.cloudfront.net)

      That's all!