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What you can do with Amazon Lightsail

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168 things you can do

Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail is a virtual private server (VPS) provider and is the easiest way to get started with AWS for developers, small businesses, students, and other users who need a solution to build and host their applications on cloud. Lightsail provides developers compute, storage, and networking capacity and capabilities to deploy and manage websites and web applications in the cloud.

IT Financial Management

Estimate a resource's cost over a time range

IT Infrastructure Management

Copy a snapshot, even to another regionRestore a disk from a disk snapshotTake a snapshot of a block storage diskTake a snapshot of an instanceLaunch instances from an instance snapshotDelete an automatic snapshot by dateDelete a manual disk snapshotDelete a manual instance snapshotExport a snapshot to Amazon EC2Create a DNS zone for a domainAdd a DNS record to a domainDelete a domain's DNS zoneDelete one DNS recordChange an existing DNS recordCreate an EC2 instance from an exported snapshotReset browser SSH/RDP known host keysTurn off an add-on such as automatic snapshotsEnable or change an add-on on a resourcePeer the Lightsail VPC with the default VPCSwitch a resource between IPv4, dual-stack or IPv6Remove peering with the default VPCGet URLs to open a GUI desktop sessionStart a GUI desktop sessionEnd a GUI desktop sessionCreate instances via the REST-style /instances pathDelete an instance via an HTTP DELETE on /instancesStart an instance via the REST-style /start pathStop an instance via the REST-style /stop pathClose a firewall port on an instanceLaunch new instances from a blueprintDelete an instanceOpen an additional firewall portReplace all firewall rules on an instanceReboot an instanceStart a stopped instanceStop a running instanceChange an instance's metadata service settingsSet up HTTPS on an instance's websiteCreate an object storage bucketCreate an access key for a bucketDelete a storage bucketRevoke a bucket access keyGrant or revoke an instance's bucket accessChange a bucket's access, versioning or loggingChange a bucket's storage planReserve a new static IP addressAttach a static IP to an instanceDetach a static IP from its instanceRelease a static IP addressAdd instances to a load balancerCreate a load balancerDelete a load balancerRemove instances from a load balancerChange a load balancer settingCreate a managed databaseRestore a database from a snapshot or point in timeTake a snapshot of a databaseDelete a managed databaseDelete a database snapshotReboot a databaseStart a stopped databaseStop a running databaseChange database settings or rotate its passwordChange database engine parametersAttach a certificate to a CDN distributionCreate a CDN distributionDelete a CDN distributionRemove the certificate from a distributionPurge a distribution's cached contentChange a CDN distribution's settingsChange a distribution's CDN planAttach a block storage disk to an instanceCreate a new empty block storage diskDelete a block storage diskDetach a disk from its instanceList automatic snapshots of an instance or diskGet details of one disk snapshotList all disk snapshotsList snapshot export-to-EC2 recordsGet details of one instance snapshotList all instance snapshotsGet a domain and its DNS recordsList all DNS zones in the accountList names of all active resourcesList CloudFormation stack records from exportsGet my Lightsail account profileCheck whether the Lightsail VPC is peeredList instances via the REST-style /instances pathGet an instance via the REST-style /instances pathGet details of one instanceGet temporary SSH or RDP access credentialsGet CPU, network or status metrics for an instanceShow an instance's open firewall portsCheck whether an instance is runningList all instancesList a bucket's access key IDsList bucket storage plansGet storage metrics for a bucketList buckets or get one bucket's detailsGet details of one static IPList all static IPsGet one load balancer's detailsGet health metrics for a load balancerList load balancer TLS security policiesList all load balancersGet one database's detailsList database engines and versionsList database plansList recent events for a databaseRead a database log streamList a database's log streamsRetrieve a database's master user passwordGet performance metrics for a databaseList a database's engine parametersGet one database snapshot's detailsList all database snapshotsList all managed databasesList CDN distribution plansCheck the last CDN cache resetGet traffic metrics for a distributionList CDN distributionsGet details of one block storage diskList all block storage disksList available instance images (blueprints)

IT Operations Management

Delete a metric alarmCreate or update a metric alarmTest an alarm's notificationsList configured metric alarms

Other things you can do

Add an email or SMS contact methodRemove a notification contact methodSend a verification to an email contactGet temporary Docker registry login credentialsCreate a container serviceDelete a container serviceChange a container service's power, scale or domainsDeploy containers to a container serviceRegister a pushed image to a container serviceDelete an image from a container serviceGenerate a new SSH key pairDelete an SSH key pairImport an existing public SSH keyAdd tags to a resourceRemove tags from a resourceAttach a TLS certificate to a load balancerRequest a certificate for a CDN or container serviceCreate a TLS certificate on a load balancerDelete a CDN/container certificateDelete a load balancer's TLS certificateReview recent HTTPS setup attempts on an instanceCheck the status of one operationList all recent operations in the accountList operations for one resourceList notification contact methodsGet Lightsail container API metadataList container service power sizesList container services or get oneRead a container's log eventsList a container service's deploymentsList images registered to a container serviceGet CPU or memory metrics for a container serviceList Lightsail regions and zonesDownload the regional default key pairGet details of one key pairList all SSH key pairsList instance plans (bundles)List CDN and container certificatesList a load balancer's TLS certificates