Hey guys,
thank you for the guide, all worked well until I got this problem:
“You won’t be able to install new themes from here yet since your install requires SFTP credentials. For now, please add themes in the admin.”
After a few hours - yes really 
I found a solution on another forum, I thought I’d share it here
Open wp-config.php with your text editor of choice and add the following line to the end of the file:
define(‘FS_METHOD’,‘direct’);
?>
Save and reload apache
Now, I can install themes etc without being asked to put an FTP account info for AWS EC2
Cheers
Emanuel