AWS Lightsail

My Blog Suddenly Went Down (But the Server Was Fine) — A Real DNS + SSL Failure Story

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The site was down. Not partially slow — completely unreachable. What turned out to be a DNS SSL failure had me chasing the wrong problems for hours. The browser was showing a certificate error, and half the time the page wouldn’t load at all. My first instinct was the same as anyone’s: something broke on … Read more

How I Set Up My WordPress Site on AWS Lightsail (Domain → DNS → SSL → WordPress)

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Yesterday I finally did it — I launched my WordPress site from scratch. Not on shared hosting. Not on a free blogging platform. A real WordPress install on AWS Lightsail, connected to my own domain, secured with HTTPS, and ready to publish. If you’re building a blog for the long game — SEO traffic, affiliate … Read more