Quick outline:

  • Snapshot EBS volume
  • Backup database
  • Launch and configure AWS RDS instance for db
  • Launch and configure medium EC2 insance w/ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Attach EBS data volume
  • Configure nginx as server for WordPress
  • Migrate Classcaster away from msfiles.php use
  • Use WP caching plugin
  • Test, test, test