"Secure" Word Press on Amazon Linux

These instructions follow my attempts for a generally "locked down" instance for running Word Press without losing sleep.

Version I am working with before updates
Linux ip-172-26-9-250 4.9.51-10.52.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 29 01:16:19 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sudo yum -y update
sudo yum -y install libselinux libselinux-utils selinux-policy-minimum selinux-policy-mls selinux-policy-targeted policycoreutils fail2ban httpd mysql mysql-server php php_mysql
sudo sed 's/selinux=0/selinux=1\ security=selinux\ enforcing=1/' /etc/grub.conf
sudo echo -e "ServerTokens Prod\nServerSignature Off" >> /etc/httpd/
sudo touch /.autorelabel
sudo reboot

• After logging back in, install

sudo service httpd start
sudo service mysqld start


sudo chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/html/wp-content/uploads/*