We are excited to announce that “Movable Type for AWS” is now available in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. See below the list of available regions.

“Movable Type for AWS” is an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) including the OS in which Movable Type 6 was installed.

You can build a server easily on the AWS EC2 that includes a database, a web server and a PSGI server which are all optimized for Movable Type by just a few clicks. It is also easy to upgrade. You can upgrade the Movable Type using yum command.

yum update movabletype

Let’s begin “Movable Type for AWS” now.

System Environment

Application:

Latest Movable Type 6

OS:

Amazon Linux 2014.09

Web Server:

nginx

PSGI Server:

starman

PHP:

php-fpm

Database:

mysql

Available regions

• us-east-1: US East (N. Virginia)
• us-west-1: US West (N. California)
• us-west-2: US West (Oregon)
• eu-west-1: EU (Ireland)
• ap-northeast-1: Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
• ap-southeast-1: Asia Pacific (Singapore)
• ap-southeast-2: Asia Pacific (Sydney)
• sa-east-1: South America (Sao Paulo)

Pricing

The software fee of Movable Type for AWS is time-based, and a micro instance is free. You can choose the payment method as hourly or annual.

Hourly:

$0.07 /1 hour

Annual:

$499 /1 year

• A micro instance is free.
• Technical support is not included.
• EC2 usage fee will be charged separately.

Have fun with Movable Type for AWS!