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+# OpenFuego in a(n Amazon) Box
+
+There is an AMI on Amazon Web Services that allows you to quickly deploy a cloud server to run OpenFuego. Search for 'OpenFuego' in the [AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/). You can use [EC2 for Poets](http://ec2.forpoets.org/) as a guide for launching and running your own AWS instance. A full guide for OpenFuego is forthcoming. Below I've documented what that box includes:
+
+## Software installed:
+
+* ubuntu 12.04 LTS
+* apache2
+* php5 (with php5-curl)
+* sendmail
+* mysql-server (root password: 0p3n-fu3g0 - __change this immediately__)
+* phpmyadmin (admin user password: 0p3n-fu3g0 - __change this immediately__)
+* git
+
+## Commands run:
+
+Followed Phelps' instructions [here](https://github.com/niemanlab/openfuego/issues/4#issuecomment-21755406)
+
+Symlinked phpmyadmin (cmd: `ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin`)
+
+Created folder /var/www/openfuego - fetched OpenFuego from Nieman (run `git pull origin master` in that folder to update to latest version)
+
+Created index.php in /var/www that will quickly return some links as soon as they're pulled to test your implementation
+
+Removed rootlogin with password (keypair required)
+
+## What you need to do:
+
+Log in to phpmyadmin and change the [mysql](http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mysql-change-root-password/) and [phpmyadmin](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14703223/mysql-phpmyadmin-reset-root-password) passwords
+
+Create database in phpmyadmin
+
+Copy and edit config.php with info
+
+Run fetch.php `php fetch.php` (I typically run w `-v` to see if there are any problems)
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 Follow the instructions in config.php. Create a MySQL database and enter the credentials in that file, along with Twitter credentials and optional (but recommended) API keys for Bitly, Goo.gl, and Embed.ly.
 
+You can also check out AMAZONAWS for instructions on running OpenFuego on Amazon Web Services' free tier.
+
 ### Usage
 
 Once config.php is edited, run `fetch.php` at the command line. You may or not get further instructions, depending on whether your version of PHP is compiled with process control.