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• AWS CloudFormation stacks for Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn how Amazon Lightsail uses AWS CloudFormation to create Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances from exported snapshots.

• Add alternate domains and subdomains to your SSL/TLS certificate in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to add alternate domains and subdomains to your Lightsail load balancer SSL/TLS certificate.

• Add an alias record to point to your Lightsail load balancer

  How tos

  Learn how to add an alias record (A record) to Lightsail or Amazon Route 53 to point customers to your Lightsail load balancer.

• Add blogs as domains to your WordPress Multisite instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to add blogs as domains to your WordPress Multisite instance in Amazon Lightsail.

• Add blogs as subdomains to your WordPress Multisite instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to add blogs as subdomains to your WordPress Multisite instance in Amazon Lightsail.

• Adding tags to a resource in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create and manage tags for your Amazon Lightsail resources.

• Amazon Lightsail instance health metrics

  Overviews

  Learn about Lightsail instance health metrics. What metrics are available, what they mean, and how to improve site responsiveness.

• Attach a validated SSL/TLS certificate to your Lightsail load balancer

  How tos

  Learn how to attach a validated SSL/TLS certificate to your Lightsail balancer.

• Best practices for securing Windows Server-based Lightsail instances

  Overviews

  Learn about security best practices for working with Windows Server-based Amazon Lightsail instances. Learn about managing passwords, patching your instance, and other best practices.

• Billing in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Billing in Lightsail is handled through the AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboard. Learn how to get there and manage your bill.

• Block storage disk snapshots in Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about block storage disk snapshots in Lightsail.

• Block storage disks in Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about our highly available block storage disks in Lightsail, which use Amazon EBS volumes and SSD.

• Changing the preferred maintenance and backup windows for your database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn about version upgrades for your managed database in Amazon Lightsail. This guide shows you how to define preferred maintenance and preferred backup windows for your database.

• Choose an Amazon Lightsail instance image

  Getting started

  Learn about the different Lightsail instance images, or blueprints. Compare applications and development stacks, as well as operating system templates.

• Choosing an Amazon Lightsail database

  Getting started

  Learn about the managed database options that are available in Amazon Lightsail.

• Configure your Lightsail instances for load balancing

  How tos

  Learn how to configure your Lightsail instances for load balancing. For each application and development stack, we offer different recommendations for when and how to load balance your application.

• Configure your new Lightsail instance using Windows PowerShell or a batch script

  How tos

  Learn about creating a Windows PowerShell script that runs when you create a Lightsail instance.

• Configuring reverse DNS for an email server on your Amazon Lightsail instance

  How tos

  Learn how to configure reverse DNS for your Amazon Lightsail instance by completing prerequisites, and submitting a request to AWS Support to remove outbound messaging limitations.

• Configuring the data import mode for your database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to configure the data import mode for your Amazon Lightsail database to suspend backup operations. This enables you to import large amounts of data into your database without the database slowing down.

• Configuring the public mode for your database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to make your database in Amazon Lightsail publicly available.

• Connect to your Linux/Unix-based Lightsail instance using PuTTY

  How tos

  Learn how to connect to your Linux/Unix-based Lightsail instance (a virtual private server) using PuTTY.

• Connecting to a Linux or Unix instance in Amazon EC2 created from an Amazon Lightsail snapshot

  How tos

  Learn how to connect to a Linux or Unix instance in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) created from an Amazon Lightsail snapshot. This guide shows you how to connect to your Linux or Unix instance using PuTTY.

• Connecting to a Windows Server instance in Amazon EC2 created from an Amazon Lightsail snapshot

  How tos

  Learn how to connect to a Windows Server instance in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) created from an Amazon Lightsail snapshot. This guide shows you how to connect to your Windows Server instance using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection.

• Connecting to your Linux or Unix instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to connect to your Linux or Unix instance, or virtual private server, in Amazon Lightsail. In addition, learn how to copy and paste text when using the browser-based SSH client.

• Connecting to your MySQL database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to obtain your MySQL database endpoint, port, user name, and password so that you can configure your database client to connect to your database in Amazon Lightsail.

• Connecting to your Windows instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to connect to your Windows instance, or virtual private server, in Amazon Lightsail. In addition, learn how to copy and paste text when using the browser-based RDP client.

• Copying snapshots from one AWS Region to another in Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to copy an instance snapshot or block storage disk snapshot from one AWS Region to another, or within the same Region, in Amazon Lightsail.

• Create a Lightsail load balancer and attach instances to it

  How tos

  Learn how to create a Lightsail load balancer and attach Lightsail instances to it.

• Create a Linux/Unix-based instance from a snapshot in Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a Linux-based instance (a virtual private server) from a snapshot you have taken in Amazon Lightsail.

• Create a larger Lightsail instance from a snapshot using the AWS CLI

  How tos

  Learn how to use the Lightsail console or the AWS Command Line Interface to create a new, larger instance (or virtual private server) from a snapshot you have taken in Amazon Lightsail.

• Create a larger Lightsail instance from a snapshot using the console

  How tos

  Learn how to use the Lightsail console to create a new, larger instance (or virtual private server) from a snapshot you have taken in Amazon Lightsail.

• Create a new block storage disk from a snapshot in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a new block storage disk from a snapshot in Lightsail.

• Create a snapshot of your Linux/Unix-based instance in Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a snapshot of your Linux/Unix-based instance (a virtual private server) in Amazon Lightsail.

• Create a snapshot of your block storage disk in Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a disk snapshot of your block storage disk in Lightsail.

• Create a static IP and attach it to an instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a static IP address and attach it to an instance in Amazon Lightsail, so that you can retain the same IP address after restarting your instance.

• Create an Amazon Lightsail instance

  How tos

  Learn how to create a Amazon Lightsail instance and connect to it using the browser-based SSH terminal in the Lightsail console.

• Create an SSL/TLS certificate for your Lightsail load balancer

  How tos

  Learn how to create an SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS encrypted web traffic.

• Create an access key to use the Amazon Lightsail API or the AWS Command Line Interface

  How tos

  Learn how to create a new access key to use the Amazon Lightsail API or the AWS Command Line Interface.

• Create and attach additional block storage disks to your Linux-based Lightsail instances

  How tos

  Learn how to create additional block storage disks that you can use with your Linux/Unix-based Lightsail instances. Learn how to format and mount the disks so that you can use them.

• Creating Amazon EBS volumes from exported Amazon Lightsail disk snapshots

  How tos

  Learn how to create an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume from an exported Amazon Lightsail disk snapshot using the Amazon EC2 console.

• Creating Amazon EC2 instances from exported snapshots in Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance from an exported Amazon Lightsail instance snapshot using the Create an Amazon EC2 instance page in the Lightsail console.

• Creating a DNS zone to manage your domain’s DNS records in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to transfer management of your domain's DNS records to Amazon Lightsail so that you can easily point your domain, like example.com, to your instance.

• Creating a database from a point-in-time backup in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  You can create a new database by using a point-in-time backup in Amazon Lightsail.

• Creating a database from a snapshot in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a new database from a snapshot in Amazon Lightsail.

• Creating a database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a managed database in Amazon Lightsail.

• Creating a snapshot of your Windows Server instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a snapshot of your Windows Server instance in Amazon Lightsail by running Sysprep.

• Creating a snapshot of your database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create a snapshot of your managed database in Amazon Lightsail. Use snapshots to restore a database if something goes wrong, or to create new databases with different plans than that of the original database.

• Creating and attaching a block storage disk to your Windows Server instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to create and attach a block storage disk to your Windows Server instance in Amazon Lightsail. Learn how to initialize and bring the block storage disk online, so that you can format and use it.

• DNS in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about the Domain Name System (DNS) and how to create a DNS zone in Amazon Lightsail.

• Databases in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  With managed databases in Lightsail, you can easily set up, operate, and scale a MySQL database in the cloud.

• Define the primary domain for your WordPress Multisite instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to define the primary domain for a your WordPress Multisite in Amazon Lightsail.

• Delete a Lightsail load balancer

  How tos

  Learn how to delete a Lightsail load balancer and any associated SSL/TLS certificates.

• Delete a static IP in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to delete a static IP address in Amazon Lightsail using the Lightsail console or the AWS CLI.

• Delete an SSL/TLS certificate in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to delete an SSL/TLS certificate that you are no longer using.

• Delete disk snapshots in Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to delete block storage disk snapshots in Lightsail.

• Deleting an Amazon Lightsail instance

  How tos

  Learn how to delete an instance using the Amazon Lightsail console.

• Deleting tags in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to delete tags in Amazon Lightsail.

• Deleting your database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to delete your managed database in Amazon Lightsail.

• Detach and delete a block storage disk in Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to detach a block storage disk from a Lightsail instance so that you can delete it.

• Detach one or more instances from a Lightsail load balancer

  How tos

  Learn how to detach one or more Lightsail instances from a load balancer.

• Download and set up PuTTY to connect using SSH in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to set up PuTTY to connect to your Lightsail instance (a virtual private server).

• Edit or delete a DNS zone in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to add, edit, or delete DNS records in your domain's DNS zone. You can also delete your domain's DNS zone in the Amazon Lightsail console.

• Enable session persistence for your load balancer in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to enable session persistence for your Lightsail load balancer. Learn how to adjust the cookie duration using the AWS Command Line Interface or the Lightsail API.

• Exporting Amazon Lightsail snapshots

  Overviews

  Learn about the process to export Amazon Lightsail instance and block storage disk snapshots to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

• Exporting Amazon Lightsail snapshots to Amazon EC2

  How tos

  Learn how to export Amazon Lightsail instance and block storage disk snapshots to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

• Extending the storage space of your Windows Server instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Extend the file system of your Windows Server instance in Amazon Lightsail to use the maximum storage space. This is useful if you see that the available storage space is lower than that specified by the plan you chose for the instance.

• Frequently Asked Questions in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about frequently asked questions (FAQs) in Amazon Lightsail, such as what Lightsail does, how much it costs, and how things work. | Keywords: FAQ, FAQs, limits, pricing

• Get started with Linux/Unix-based instances in Amazon Lightsail

  Getting started

  Sign up for Amazon Lightsail, and then learn how to create a Linux/Unix-based Lightsail instance and connect to it using a browser-based SSH terminal.

• Get started with Windows Server-based instances in Lightsail

  Getting started

  Get started using Amazon Lightsail blueprints that use the Windows Server platform. Learn about your OS and app choices, connecting to your instance, and more.

• Getting help in Amazon Lightsail

  Getting started

  Learn how to get help in Amazon Lightsail. There are two main help systems: the context-sensitive Help panel and the developer guide (or dev guide).

• Getting started using WordPress from your Amazon Lightsail instance

  Getting started

  Amazon Lightsail provides a WordPress image for blogging and creating a website. This topic tells you how to log in to your WordPress site and update your password, profile, and personal options.

• Getting the application user name and password for your 'Powered by Bitnami' instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to get the default user name and password to administer the applications running on your "Powered by Bitnami" instance in Amazon Lightsail.

• Health checking for your Lightsail load balancer

  How tos

  Learn what load balancer health checking in Lightsail is, and also learn how to customize where health checks are performed.

• High availability databases in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn how high availability databases in Amazon Lightsail provide failover support for your managed database.

• Importing data into your database in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to get import a .SQL file into your managed database in Amazon Lightsail using MySQL Workbench.

• Instance snapshots in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about snapshots, or backups, in Amazon Lightsail. Create a new Lightsail instance from a snapshot or save states over time.

• Instances (virtual private servers) in Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about Lightsail instances, which are virtual private servers.

• Lightsail load balancer health checking

  Overviews

  Learn about the type of health checking Lightsail does for load balancers. Learn about the different checks on instances and how to diagnose issues.

• Lightsail load balancers

  Overviews

  Learn about Lightsail load balancers, including what they do, when to use them, and how to create them.

• Logging Amazon Lightsail API calls with AWS CloudTrail

  How tos

  Learn about logging Amazon Lightsail with AWS CloudTrail.

• Managing your Amazon Lightsail instance

  How tos

  Learn how to manage your Lightsail instance (a virtual private server) by connecting to it, creating a static IP, and doing other tasks.

• Managing your database password in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to change your database password in Amazon Lightsail. You can let Lightsail create a strong password for you or specify your own.

• Migrate an existing WordPress blog to Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to back up an existing WordPress blog or website, and then create a new WordPress instance in Amazon Lightsail. Migrate all your new existing WordPress content to Lightsail and take advantage of our low, predictable price for monthly hosting.

• Networking resources in Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about the different networking resources in Lightsail, including when to use them, and how they can help you improve your web application.

• Organizing your Amazon Lightsail resources using tags

  How tos

  Learn how to filter and organize your Amazon Lightsail resources using tags.

• Public IP and private IP addresses in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about the differences between public IP addresses and private IP addresses in Amazon Lightsail.

• Quick start guide: LAMP on Amazon Lightsail

  Getting started

  Learn the steps you should take to get started after your LAMP instance is up and running on Amazon Lightsail.

• Quick start guide: Nginx on Amazon Lightsail

  Getting started

  Learn the steps you should take to get started after your Nginx instance is up and running on Amazon Lightsail.

• Quick start guide: Node.js on Amazon Lightsail

  Getting started

  Learn the steps you should take to get started after your Node.js instance is up and running on Amazon Lightsail.

• Quick start guide: Plesk on Amazon Lightsail

  Getting started

  Learn the steps you should take to get started after your Plesk instance is up and running on Amazon Lightsail.

• Quick start guide: WordPress on Amazon Lightsail

  Getting started

  Learn the steps you should take to get started after your WordPress instance is up and running on Amazon Lightsail.

• Regions and Availability Zones in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about the AWS Regions where Amazon Lightsail is available. Learn about the multiple Availability Zones in those AWS Regions.

• Resources in Amazon Lightsail and AWS

  Overviews

  Learn what a resource is in AWS and the types of resources available in Lightsail.

• SSH and connecting to your Lightsail instance

  Overviews

  Learn about Secure SHell (SSH) in Lightsail. Learn about public and private keys, and how to use SSH to connect to your Lightsail instance.

• SSL/TLS certificates in Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about SSL/TLS certificates in Lightsail, including how we use them with Lightsail load balancers, how you can configure your web application to handle encrypted (HTTPS) requests, and how to verify domain ownership using DNS.

• Securing a Linux or Unix instance in Amazon EC2 created from an Amazon Lightsail snapshot

  How tos

  Learn how to secure a Linux or Unix instance in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) created from an Lightsail snapshot.

• Securing a Windows Server instance in Amazon EC2 created from an Amazon Lightsail snapshot

  How tos

  Learn how to secure your Windows instance in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) created from an Amazon Lightsail snapshot.

• Set up Amazon VPC peering to work with AWS resources outside of Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to set up VPC peering to connect to your Lightsail resources to AWS resources, such as an Amazon RDS database.

• Set up SSH for your Linux/Unix-based Lightsail instances

  How tos

  Learn how to set up a Secure SHell (SSH) connection to your Linux/Unix-based Lightsail instance (a virtual private server).

• Set up and configure Plesk on Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to set up a Plesk hosting stack and configure it so that it's ready to use.

• Set up and configure the AWS Command Line Interface to work with Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to install and configure the AWS Command Line Interface on your local machine or on your Lightsail instance (a virtual private server).

• Start, stop, or restart your Amazon Lightsail instance

  How tos

  Learn how to start, stop, or restart your Amazon Lightsail instance (a virtual private server).

• Static IP addresses in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about static IP addresses and how you can keep the same public IP address when you restart your instance.

• Tags in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about tags and tagging best practices in Amazon Lightsail.

• Task monitor in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about the task monitor in the Amazon Lightsail console.

• Troubleshooting Lightsail SSL/TLS certificate issues

  Overviews

  Learn about common errors when creating and managing Lightsail TLS/SSL certificates. Use our troubleshooting guide to fix problems with your certs.

• Troubleshooting Lightsail load balancer issues

  Overviews

  Learn about common errors when creating and managing Lightsail load balancers. Use our troubleshooting guide to fix problems with your load balancer.

• Troubleshooting a 403 (unauthorized) error and getting back into Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  You might encounter a 403 error stating you don't have access to Amazon Lightsail. This topic tells you how to set up a policy to allow access to Lightsail.

• Troubleshooting disk issues in Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about common errors when creating and managing block storage disks in Lightsail. Use our troubleshooting guide to fix problems with your disks.

• Tutorial: Launch and configure a LAMP instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  This tutorial shows you how to launch and configure a LAMP instance in Lightsail in approximately 10 minutes.

• Tutorial: Launch and configure a Windows Server 2016 instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  This tutorial shows you how to launch and configure a Windows Server 2016 instance in Lightsail in approximately 10 minutes.

• Tutorial: Launch and configure a WordPress instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  This tutorial shows you how to launch and configure a WordPress instance in Lightsail in approximately 10 minutes.

• Tutorial: Using Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates with your LAMP instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to use a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate with your LAMP instance in Amazon Lightsail. This tutorial shows you how to request a Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate using Certbot, and integrate it with your LAMP instance.

• Tutorial: Using Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates with your Nginx instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to use a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate with your Nginx instance in Amazon Lightsail. This tutorial shows you how to request a Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate using Certbot, and integrate it with your Nginx instance.

• Tutorial: Using Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates with your WordPress instance in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to use a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate with your WordPress instance in Amazon Lightsail. This tutorial shows you how to request a Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate using Certbot, and integrate it with your WordPress instance using the Really Simple SSL plugin.

• Understanding public network ports and firewall settings in Amazon Lightsail

  Overviews

  Learn about the network ports in your Lightsail instance that are publicly accessible by others and how to change them.

• Update the settings for your Lightsail load balancer

  How tos

  Learn how to update the settings for your load balancer. Do things like set up HTTPS (using an SSL/TLS certificate), enable session persistence, or set up health checking.

• Updating Amazon EC2 instances for enhanced networking

  How tos

  Learn about enhanced networking and how to upgrade your Amazon EC2 instance after creating it from an exported Lightsail snapshot.

• Updating database parameters in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to get a list of the parameters for your managed database in Amazon Lightsail and how to update them using the AWS Command Line Interface.

• Use a launch script to configure your Amazon Lightsail instance when it starts up

  How tos

  Learn how to configure a Linux/Unix-based virtual private server (a virtual machine or instance) with additional data in Amazon Lightsail.

• Using Amazon Lightsail with other AWS services

  Overviews

  Learn about integrating Lightsail with resources in other AWS services, such as Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda, and others.

• Using Service-Linked Roles for Lightsail

  Overviews

  How to use service-linked roles to give Lightsail access to resources in your AWS account.

• Using tags to control access to your Amazon Lightsail resources

  How tos

  Learn how to create key-value tags to control access in Amazon Lightsail.

• Using tags to organize costs for your Amazon Lightsail resources

  How tos

  Learn how to create key-value tags to track costs in Amazon Lightsail.

• Using the non-default key with Windows-based Lightsail instances

  How tos

  Learn about using a non-default key with your Windows-based Lightsail instance.

• Verify an SSL/TLS certificate in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to verify an SSL/TLS certificate using DNS.

• Viewing your database health metrics in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to view and monitor your database health metrics in Amazon Lightsail. You can monitor database CPU utilization, database connections, disk queue depth, free storage space, and network receive and transmit throughput.

• Viewing your database logs and history in Amazon Lightsail

  How tos

  Learn how to view your database logs in Amazon Lightsail. These logs include the general log, slow query log, and error log.

• What is Amazon Lightsail?

  Getting started

  Learn about how Amazon Lightsail works and what you can do with your virtual private server (a Lightsail instance).