Title: update wordpress on ec2 instance
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# update wordpress on ec2 instance

 *  [paulkelly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulkelly-1/)
 * (@paulkelly-1)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-on-ec2-instance/)
 * I could do with some help updating my wordpress site to 3.8.2. The site is hosted
   on an Amazon ec2 instance, which we connect to through ssh (no password). When
   we attempted to update we needed an ftp login which we don’t have.
 * We have allowed access through ports 20 & 21 and set up an ftp server on the 
   instance, along with setting up a new user.
    However when we attempt to update
   we get the error “ERROR: There was an error connecting to the server, Please 
   verify the settings are correct.”
 * Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  [Casey Driscoll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caseypatrickdriscoll/)
 * (@caseypatrickdriscoll)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-on-ec2-instance/#post-4794573)
 * Hi paulkelly,
 * There is no need for all that. If you are running Apache or nginx, all you need
   to do is make sure those programs have write access to your WordPress directory.
 * If you are on a typical Ubuntu LAMP stack it will look something like this.
 *     ```
       cd /srv/www/directory/
       sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .
       ```
   
 * or something to that effect.
 *  [samuelphall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samuelphall/)
 * (@samuelphall)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-on-ec2-instance/#post-4794849)
 * I am Linux beginner. I had good success getting my WordPress site on an Amazon
   ec2 instance following this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVZ0zSIQlG0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVZ0zSIQlG0).
   
   Now I need help logging onto my site with Putty and setting up FTP. I can get
   on the server with my key to a prompt like [ec2-user@ip-xxx.xx.xx.xx ~]$: I cannot
   get anywhere from here. Does anyone have a guide to installing ftp so I can use
   something like Filezilla to develop my site. I have my trusty Linux pocket guide
   ready to assist. Thanks in advance for any help.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-on-ec2-instance/#post-4794849)
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