Boot Strap : MySQL

Here is a user data boot strap script for installing and starting Oracle MySQL:

#!/bin/sh 

yum -y install mysql-server 

/etc/init.d/mysqld start 

echo -e '\n\nsudo /etc/init.d/mysqld start' >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

User data to install Apache and PHP

One of the most basic components on an EC2 instance is Apache and PHP.  Installing Apache and PHP is made easy with a short shell script, yum, and user data.  Here is all that needs to be placed in the user data section of the EC2 instance:

#!/bin/sh
yum -y install httpd php
chkconfig httpd on
/etc/init.d/httpd start