WooCommerce hosting that doesn't meter your visits

1. 01

   Create the VM with the WordPress script

   Nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM and WP-CLI are installed on first boot. Leave db_password out and one is generated for you.

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   $ edge compute create --name shop --size s-4vcpu-8gb \
       --image ubuntu-24 --region london --script wordpress \
       --script-param site_title="Acme Shop" \
       --script-param admin_email=ops@acme.com

2. 02

   Install WooCommerce and the media offloader

   Run WP-CLI from the WordPress root. New VMs come with the firewall on; the default allow-web group opens 80 and 443.

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   # on the VM, from the WordPress root
   $ wp plugin install woocommerce --activate --allow-root
   $ wp plugin install amazon-s3-and-cloudfront \
       --activate --allow-root

3. 03

   Offload media to Edge Storage

   A must-use plugin sets the bucket and points the S3 client at Edge Storage. Existing uploads can be offloaded from the plugin screen.

   wp-content/mu-plugins/edge-storage.phpCopy

   <?php
   define('AS3CF_SETTINGS', serialize([
       'provider'          => 'aws',
       'access-key-id'     => '<edge-access-key>',
       'secret-access-key' => '<edge-secret-key>',
       'bucket'            => 'shop-media',
       'copy-to-s3'        => true,
       'serve-from-s3'     => true,
   ]));
   
   add_filter('as3cf_aws_s3_client_args', function ($args) {
       $args['endpoint'] = 'https://storage.edge.network';
       $args['use_path_style_endpoint'] = true;
       return $args;
   });

4. 04

   Put the CDN in front

   Then tell your caching plugin to skip /cart, /checkout, /my-account and any request carrying a woocommerce_items_in_cart cookie.

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   $ edge cdn create --name acme-shop
   $ edge cdn domains add cdn-a1b2c3 \
       --domain shop.acme.com \
       --origin https://<vm-ip> \
       --jit-image

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