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Solodev CMS Professional Edition
Solodev CMS Professional Edition is a business-grade content management system built from the ground up for Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed for small to medium-sized websites and apps that require a secure, scalable, flexible, and affordable hosting infrastructure powered by the AWS Cloud.
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Overview
Solodev CMS Professional Edition deploys on a single AWS EC2 instance fully managed by AWS OpsWorks and features its own MySQL database. This lightweight architecture allows your websites and apps to meet variable traffic demands while maintaining uptime at a reasonable cost.
Solodev CMS Professional Edition is available in the AWS Marketplace and can be instantly deployed in your account using AWS CloudFormation. It leverages an advanced stack of AWS cloud services to deliver a scalable and reliable workload, including:
- Amazon Certificate Manager (ACM)
- Amazon CloudFront
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB Compatibility)
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
- Amazon Elasticache for Redis
- Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) MySql
- Amazon Route 53
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Amazon Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Additional technology frameworks and libraries include Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Python, and more.
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Prerequisites
- Before subscribing to Solodev CMS Professional Edition, you must have an AWS account and sign in.
- If you do not have an account, you can create one at https://aws.amazon.com/.
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AWS Setup
Step 1: Subscribe on the AWS Marketplace.
Before launching a Solodev CMS Professional Edition stack, subscribe to the AWS Marketplace.
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If you already have a existing Solodev license, call 1-800-859-7656, and a team member will activate your subscription.
Step 2: Configure Your VPC and EC2 Key Pair.
Please note that a VPC and EC2 Key Pair must be configured within the region you intend to launch your stack.
Step 3: Subscribe to Solodev CMS Professional Edition.
At the top of the AWS Marketplace listing page for the Solodev CMS Professional Edition, click the “Continue to Subscribe” button.
Step 4: You will be directed to the "Terms and Conditions" page. Review and accept these terms.
Step 5: You will receive a thank you message and you will be asked to configure your software. Click the "Continue to Configuration" button on the top-right corner of the AWS listing.
Step 6: Configure Solodev CMS Professional Edition.
Specify the basic configurable such as the software version and the region you wish to launch the stack. Click on the "Continue to Launch" button to proceed.
Step 7: Launch your CloudFormation Stack.
Confirm your configurations and choose "Launch CloudFormation" within the "Choose Action" field. Click on the "Launch" button to continue to CloudFormation.
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CloudFormation Stack Wizard
Step 1: Create stack
Continue with the pre-selected CloudFormation Template. The Amazon S3 template URL (used for the CloudFormation configuration) should be pre-selected. Click "Next" to continue.
Step 2: Specify stack details
The following parameters must be configured to launch your Solodev DCX CloudFormation stack:
Network Setup
CMS Settings
Optional: Advanced
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Advanced options are not required in order to start Solodev CMS.
Step 3: Configure stack options
Generally speaking, no additional options need to be configured. If you are experiencing continued problems installing the software, disable "Rollback on failure" under the "Advanced" options. This will allow for further troubleshooting if necessary. Click on the "Next" button to continue.
Step 4: Review stack
Review all CloudFront details and options. Ensure that the "I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names" checkbox is selected as well as the "I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might require the following capability: CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND" checkbox. Click on the "Submit" button to launch your stack.
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Monitor the CloudFormation Stack Creation Process
Upon launching your CloudFormation stack, you can monitor the installation logs under the "Events" tab. The CloudFormation template will launch several stacks related to your Solodev instance, including EFS, EDS, and EC2. If you encounter any failures during this time, please visit the Common Issues page to begin troubleshooting.
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Creating a stack may take up to 30 min depending on the InstanceType you have chosen. During this time AWS session may expire, however the stack will continue to build. In such case simply re-login to your AWS account.
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View CloudFormation Stack Outputs
If your stack builds successfully, you will see the green "CREATE_COMPLETE" message. Click on the primary stack and view the "Outputs" tab. You will find the IP address associated with the Solodev backend. Point your primary domain (mydomain.com) and a dedicated backend domain/subdomain (solodev.mydomain.com) to this URL.
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Login to Solodev
Visit the IP address or the backend domain you previously configured. Log in to Solodev using the username "solodev" and the password you configured on your stack.
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Add your First Website
Please follow this link to learn more about Solodev and to learn how to build your first website.
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Canceling your subscription
If you would like to cancel your Solodev subscription and you have chosen hourly billing plans, just delete the stack connected with your CMS Pro.
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To simplify the process please disable View nested button in you AWS and remove the main stack.
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Support
To learn more about our add-on support options, call 1-800-859-7656 to speak with one of our Solodev Customer Care Specialists.