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Wordpress v2
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 # Wordpress Templates for AWS CloudFormation
 
 ## Wordpress: fault tolerant and scalable
-This template describes a **fault tolerant** and **scalable** Wordpress environment.
+Use this CloudFormation template to create a fault tolerant and scalable Wordpress environment on AWS.
+
+### Features
+* HTTPS only
+* CDN caching static files
+* Scalable file storage
+* Fault tolerance due to multi-AZ setup
+
+### Services
+This template combines the following services:
+* CloudFront: CDN for dynamic and static content
+* ELB: load balancer forwarding requests to EC2 instances and terminating SSL
+* EC2: virtual machines running the web servers
+* EFS: storage for Wordpress files (Wordpress core, plugins, themes, user uploads, ...)
+* RDS: MySQL database
 
 ![Architecture](./wordpress-ha.png?raw=true "Architecture")
 
-### Installation Guide
-1. This templates depends on one of our [`vpc-*azs.yaml`](../vpc/) templates. <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/new?stackName=vpc-2azs&templateURL=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/widdix-aws-cf-templates/vpc/vpc-2azs.yaml">Launch Stack</a>
+## Installation Guide
+1. This templates depends on our [`vpc-*azs.yaml`](../vpc/) template. Wordpress will use 2 AZs only. <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/new?stackName=vpc-2azs&templateURL=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/widdix-aws-cf-templates/vpc/vpc-2azs.yaml">Launch Stack</a>
+1. Create an ACM certificate for your domain name within the region you want to launch your stack in. Copy the ARN of the certificate.
+1. Create another ACM certificate for your domain in region `us-east-1`. Copy the ARN of the certificate.
 1. <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/new?stackName=wordpress-ha&templateURL=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/widdix-aws-cf-templates/wordpress/wordpress-ha.yaml">Launch Stack</a>
 1. Click **Next** to proceed with the next step of the wizard.
 1. Specify a name and all parameters for the stack.
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 1. Wait until the stack reaches the state **CREATE_COMPLETE**
 1. Grab the `URL` of the Wordpress environment from the **Outputs** tab of your stack.
 
-### Dependencies
-* `vpc/vpc-*azs.yaml` (**required**)
-* `vpc/vpc-ssh-bastion.yaml`
-* `security/auth-proxy-*.yaml`
+## Dependencies
+* `vpc/vpc-*azs.yaml` (**required, Wordpress will use 2 AZs only**)
+* `vpc/vpc-ssh-bastion.yaml` (optional)
+* `security/auth-proxy-*.yaml` (optional)
 
-### Limitations
-Installing and updating core, plugins and themes is disabled. You need to edit the `/root/config.sh` to change core, plugins and themes during bootstrapping of EC2 instances.
+## Limitations
+* PHP files are cached for 300 seconds on the web servers.
+* Static files `wp-includes` and `wp-content` are cached for 15 minutes on the CDN.
+* Pre-defined auto-scaling might not be able to cover your requirements and needs load and performance testing.
 
 ## Support
 We offer support for our CloudFormation templates: setting up environments based on our templates, adopting templates to specific use cases, resolving issues in production environments. [Hire us!](https://widdix.net/)
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 We are looking forward to your feedback. Mail to [team@widdix.de](mailto:team@widdix.de).
 
 ## About
-A [cloudonaut.io](https://cloudonaut.io/templates-for-aws-cloudformation/) project. Engineered by [widdix](https://widdix.net).
+A [cloudonaut.io](https://cloudonaut.io/templates-for-aws-cloudformation/) project. Engineered by [widdix](https://widdix.net).
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