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+{
+  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",
+
+  "Description" : "AWS CloudFormation Sample Template WordPress_Single_Instance: WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. This template installs a single-instance WordPress deployment using a local MySQL database to store the data. It demonstrates using the AWS CloudFormation bootstrap scripts to install packages and files at instance launch time. **WARNING** This template creates an Amazon EC2 instance. You will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",
+
+  "Parameters" : {
+
+    "KeyName" : {
+      "Description" : "Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instances",
+      "Type" : "String"
+    },
+
+    "InstanceType" : {
+      "Description" : "WebServer EC2 instance type",
+      "Type" : "String",
+      "Default" : "m1.small",
+      "AllowedValues" : [ "t1.micro", "m1.small", "m1.large", "m1.xlarge", "m2.xlarge", "m2.2xlarge", "m2.4xlarge", "c1.medium", "c1.xlarge", "cc1.4xlarge" ],
+      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be a valid EC2 instance type."
+    },
+
+    "DBName": {
+      "Default": "wordpress",
+      "Description" : "The WordPress database name",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "MinLength": "1",
+      "MaxLength": "64",
+      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
+      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
+    },
+
+    "DBUsername": {
+      "Default": "admin",
+      "NoEcho": "true",
+      "Description" : "The WordPress database admin account username",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "MinLength": "1",
+      "MaxLength": "16",
+      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
+      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
+    },
+
+    "DBPassword": {
+      "Default": "admin",
+      "NoEcho": "true",
+      "Description" : "The WordPress database admin account password",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "MinLength": "1",
+      "MaxLength": "41",
+      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
+      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
+    },
+
+    "DBRootPassword": {
+      "NoEcho": "true",
+      "Description" : "Root password for MySQL",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "MinLength": "1",
+      "MaxLength": "41",
+      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
+      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
+    }
+  },
+
+  "Mappings" : {
+    "AWSInstanceType2Arch" : {
+      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "32" },
+      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "32" },
+      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "32" },
+      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cc1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" }
+    },
+    "AWSRegionArch2AMI" : {
+      "us-east-1"      : { "32" : "ami-7f418316", "64" : "ami-7341831a" },
+      "us-west-1"      : { "32" : "ami-951945d0", "64" : "ami-971945d2" },
+      "us-west-2"      : { "32" : "ami-16fd7026", "64" : "ami-10fd7020" },
+      "eu-west-1"      : { "32" : "ami-24506250", "64" : "ami-20506254" },
+      "sa-east-1"      : { "32" : "ami-3e3be423", "64" : "ami-3c3be421" },
+      "ap-southeast-1" : { "32" : "ami-74dda626", "64" : "ami-7edda62c" },
+      "ap-northeast-1" : { "32" : "ami-dcfa4edd", "64" : "ami-e8fa4ee9" }
+    }
+  },
+
+  "Resources" : {
+
+    "CfnUser" : {
+      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::User",
+      "Properties" : {
+        "Path": "/",
+        "Policies": [{
+          "PolicyName": "root",
+          "PolicyDocument": { "Statement":[{
+            "Effect":"Allow",
+            "Action":"cloudformation:DescribeStackResource",
+            "Resource":"*"
+          }]}
+        }]
+      }
+    },
+
+    "HostKeys" : {
+      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::AccessKey",
+      "Properties" : {
+        "UserName" : {"Ref": "CfnUser"}
+      }
+    },
+
+    "WebServer": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
+      "Metadata" : {
+        "AWS::CloudFormation::Init" : {
+          "config" : {
+            "packages" : {
+              "yum" : {
+                "httpd"        : [],
+                "php"          : [],
+                "php-mysql"    : [],
+                "mysql"        : [],
+                "mysql-server" : [],
+                "mysql-devel"  : [],
+                "mysql-libs"   : []
+              }
+            },
+
+            "sources" : {
+              "/var/www/html" : "http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz"
+            },
+
+            "files" : {
+              "/tmp/setup.mysql" : {
+                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
+                  "CREATE DATABASE ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ";\n",
+                  "CREATE USER '", { "Ref" : "DBUsername" }, "'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '", { "Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "';\n",
+                  "GRANT ALL ON ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ".* TO '", { "Ref" : "DBUsername" }, "'@'localhost';\n",
+                  "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\n"
+                  ]]},
+                "mode"  : "000644",
+                "owner" : "root",
+                "group" : "root"
+              },
+
+              "/var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php" : {
+                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
+                  "<?php\n",
+                  "define('DB_NAME',          '", {"Ref" : "DBName"}, "');\n",
+                  "define('DB_USER',          '", {"Ref" : "DBUsername"}, "');\n",
+                  "define('DB_PASSWORD',      '", {"Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "');\n",
+                  "define('DB_HOST',          'localhost');\n",
+                  "define('DB_CHARSET',       'utf8');\n",
+                  "define('DB_COLLATE',       '');\n",
+                  "define('AUTH_KEY',         'f@A17vs{ mO0}:&I,6SB.QzV`E?!`/tN5:~GZX%=@ZA%!_T0-]9>g]4ll6~,6G|R');\n",
+                  "define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'gTFTI|~rYHY)|mlu:Cv7RN]GQ^3ngyUbw;L0o!12]0c-ispR<-yt3qj]xjquz^&9');\n",
+                  "define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'Jd:HG9M)1p5t2<v~+R-vd{p-Q*|*RB^&PUI{vIrydAEEiV!{HS{jN:nErCmLv`p}');\n",
+                  "define('NONCE_KEY',        '4aMj4KZV;,Gu7(B|qOCve[c5?*J5x1+x93i:Ey6hh/6jXh+V_{V4+hw!qE^d*U,-');\n",
+                  "define('AUTH_SALT',        '_Y_&8m)FH)Cns)8}Yb8b88KDSn:p1#p(qBa<~VW&Y1v}P.*9/8S8@P`{mkNxV lC');\n",
+                  "define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '%nG3Ag41^Lew5c86,#zbN:yPFs.GA5a)z5*:Oce1>v6uF~D`,.o1pzS)F8[bM9i[');\n",
+                  "define('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   '~K<y+Ly+_Ww1~dtq>;rSQ^+{P5/k|=!]k%RXAF-Y@XMY6GSp+wJ5{(|rCzaWjZ%/');\n",
+                  "define('NONCE_SALT',       ',Bs_*Y9:b/1Z:apVLHtz35uim|okkA,b|Jt[-&Nla=T{<l_#D?~6Tj-.2.]FonI~');\n",
+                  "define('WPLANG'            , '');\n",
+                  "define('WP_DEBUG'          , false);\n",
+                  "$table_prefix  = 'wp_';\n",
+                  "if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )\n",
+                  "    define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');\n",
+                  "require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');\n"
+                ]] },
+                "mode" : "000644",
+                "owner" : "root",
+                "group" : "root"
+              }
+            },
+            "services" : {
+              "sysvinit" : {
+                "httpd"    : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true" },
+                "mysqld"   : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true" },
+                "sendmail" : { "enabled" : "false", "ensureRunning" : "false" }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "Properties": {
+        "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSRegionArch2AMI", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },
+                          { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSInstanceType2Arch", { "Ref" : "InstanceType" }, "Arch" ] } ] },
+        "InstanceType"   : { "Ref" : "InstanceType" },
+        "SecurityGroups" : [ {"Ref" : "WebServerSecurityGroup"} ],
+        "KeyName"        : { "Ref" : "KeyName" },
+        "UserData"       : { "Fn::Base64" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
+          "#!/bin/bash -v\n",
+          "yum update -y aws-cfn-bootstrap\n",
+
+          "# Helper function\n",
+          "function error_exit\n",
+          "{\n",
+          "  /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e 1 -r \"$1\" '", { "Ref" : "WaitHandle" }, "'\n",
+          "  exit 1\n",
+          "}\n",
+
+          "# Install Apache Web Server, MySQL, PHP and WordPress\n",
+          "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -s ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" }, " -r WebServer ",
+          "    --access-key ",  { "Ref" : "HostKeys" },
+          "    --secret-key ", {"Fn::GetAtt": ["HostKeys", "SecretAccessKey"]},
+          "    --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, " || error_exit 'Failed to run cfn-init'\n",
+
+          "# Setup MySQL root password and create a user\n",
+          "mysqladmin -u root password '", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' || error_exit 'Failed to initialize root password'\n",
+          "mysql -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' < /tmp/setup.mysql || error_exit 'Failed to create database user'\n",
+
+          "# Setup correct file ownership\n",
+          "chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/wordpress\n",
+
+          "# All is well so signal success\n",
+          "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e 0 -r \"WordPress setup complete\" '", { "Ref" : "WaitHandle" }, "'\n"
+
+        ]]}}
+      }
+    },
+
+    "WaitHandle" : {
+      "Type" : "AWS::CloudFormation::WaitConditionHandle"
+    },
+
+    "WaitCondition" : {
+      "Type" : "AWS::CloudFormation::WaitCondition",
+      "DependsOn" : "WebServer",
+      "Properties" : {
+        "Handle" : {"Ref" : "WaitHandle"},
+        "Timeout" : "300"
+      }
+    },
+
+    "WebServerSecurityGroup" : {
+      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
+      "Properties" : {
+        "GroupDescription" : "Enable HTTP access via port 80 and SSH access",
+        "SecurityGroupIngress" : [
+          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "80", "ToPort" : "80", "CidrIp" : "0.0.0.0/0"},
+          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "22", "ToPort" : "22", "CidrIp" : "0.0.0.0/0"}
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
+  "Outputs" : {
+    "WebsiteURL" : {
+      "Value" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["http://", { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "WebServer", "PublicDnsName" ]}, "/wordpress"]] },
+      "Description" : "WordPress Website"
+    }
+  }
+}