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From a blank VM to a cached site in four steps

The wordpress library script does the LEMP install. You add media offload and the CDN.

~/acme-blog — zsh

$ edge compute create --name blog \

--size s-4vcpu-8gb --region london \

--image ubuntu-24 --script wordpress

✓ vm-5d21e8 running · 64.34.86.17

$ wp plugin install --activate \

amazon-s3-and-cloudfront

✓ Uploads offloading to acme-media

$ edge cdn domains add cdn-a1b2c3 \

--domain acmeblog.com --jit-image \

--origin https://64.34.86.17

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acmeblog.comLive

StackNginx · PHP-FPM 8.3

Mediaacme-media bucket

1. 01

   Create the VM and the media bucket

   The wordpress script installs Nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM and WP-CLI on first boot. The admin password is generated if you leave it blank.

   shellCopy

   $ edge compute create --name blog --size s-4vcpu-8gb \
       --image ubuntu-24 --region london --script wordpress \
       --script-param site_title="Acme Blog" \
       --script-param admin_email=me@acmeblog.com
   
   $ edge storage create acme-media

2. 02

   Offload uploads to Edge Storage

   Install WP Offload Media (wp plugin install amazon-s3-and-cloudfront), then define its settings in code so they can't drift.

   wp-config.phpCopy

   define('AS3CF_SETTINGS', serialize([
     'provider'               => 'aws',
     'access-key-id'          => getenv('EDGE_KEY'),
     'secret-access-key'      => getenv('EDGE_SECRET'),
     'bucket'                 => 'acme-media',
     'region'                 => 'us-east-1',
     'copy-to-s3'             => true,
     'serve-from-s3'          => true,
     'delivery-provider'      => 'other',
     'enable-delivery-domain' => true,
     'delivery-domain'        => 'media.acmeblog.com',
   ]));

3. 03

   Point the plugin at the Edge endpoint

   A tiny must-use plugin swaps the AWS endpoint for Edge Storage. Nothing else in WordPress changes.

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

   <?php
   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

   One domain for pages, one for media with image transforms switched on. Purge after a theme deploy.

   shellCopy

   $ edge cdn create --name acme-blog
   $ edge cdn domains add cdn-a1b2c3 \
       --domain acmeblog.com --origin https://<vm-ip>
   $ edge cdn domains add cdn-a1b2c3 \
       --domain media.acmeblog.com --jit-image \
       --origin-type storage --storage-bucket acme-media
   
   $ edge cdn purge cdn-a1b2c3 --path /wp-content/themes/*

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