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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 instance 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
- AWS Systems Manager
- 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
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Subscribe on the AWS Marketplace
Before launching CMS Professional, you will need to subscribe to Solodev on the AWS Marketplace. Click the button below to get started. Once completed, return to this article and follow the instructions below:
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AWS Setup
The following steps cover the setup of the Solodev CMS Professional Edition on the AWS Marketplace. Click the “Continue to Subscribe” button at the top of the AWS Marketplace listing page to continue the process.
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Subscribe to this Software
By subscribing, you gain access to a comprehensive suite of tools and features designed to enhance your productivity and streamline your workflow.
- Review and accept the "Terms and Conditions".
- Click "Continue to Configuration".
NOTE:
Once accepted, you will receive a thank you message asking you to configure your software.
This process can take a few moments. Please do not exit the screen or refresh the page.
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Configure this Software
Specify the basic configuration such as the software version and the region you wish to launch the stack.
- Select a fulfillment option. Fulfillment options relate to how software products are delivered and deployed. This software is packaged as a virtual appliance and deployed on Amazon EC2 instances.
- Select a software version. The latest version of Solodev CMS Micro is always recommended.
- When selecting an available AWS Region for hosting, you may want to consider a region that is closer to your users to help reduce your network latency.
- Click "Continue to Launch."
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Launch this software
Review the launch configuration details and follow the instructions to launch this software.
- Choose an Action
- Click "Launch".
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Choose an Action
There are two options for configuring your Solodev CMS Professional: Launch CloudFormation or Copy to Service Catalog. Select one from the menu.
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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.