- Go to the AWS account setup page here.
- After email verification you then use the AWS sign-in page here.
- When the AWS account page opens click on your account name in the top right corner.
- Next click Security Credentials.
- Next click the Multi-factor authentication (MFA) sliding section.
- Next click MANAGE to setup your virtual MFA device. Once your virtual MFA device can generate codes as shown you will be able to login with increased security.
- Back in the AWS Management Console select your preferred local data-center.
- Now do a service search and type in "Lightsail", when the Lightsail icon appears click it to start the setup of the next stage.
- You are then presented with instance creation page, click "Create Instance".
- From this point forward its up to you to go with your preferred configuration.
You can setup a linux instance by following one of the many great tutorials on the AWS Lightsail website.
- Due to the lower compute power of the Lightsail instances your TikiWiki database will have to be placed in a separate database instance that is easy to configure when following the AWS Lightsail tutorials.
- To secure TikiWiki you should configure your web-server to use SSL encryption when serving content to clients.
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