Can I use AWS Lightsail's Launch Script option to upgrade Wordpress/LAMP upon creation?
Lightsail saves time and ports to EC2 if needed. Sadly, it loads an old versions of wordpress and LAMP. The option to add a launch script when creating a new instance would seem an ideal way to create an up to date site. A fresh instance followed by a simple site migration would save hours of updates.
If you can script the upgrade, you can use the launch script. But, I'd argue that's not the best way to solve the problem.
Bitnami images use a different directory structure than a "normal" WordPress installation, so getting all that correct could be a hassle.
It would likely be faster to just boot an Ubuntu (or whatever) image and use the launch script to install the Apache, PHP, and WordPress versions you want.
