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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 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 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.
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.
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.
Getting started
Learn about how Amazon Lightsail works and what you can do with your virtual private server (a Lightsail instance).
Overviews
Learn about the Domain Name System (DNS) and how to create a DNS zone in Amazon Lightsail.
How tos
Learn how to transfer management of your domain's DNS records to Amazon Lightsail so that you can easily direct traffic for your domain, like example.com, to your instance.
Overviews
Learn about default and custom keys in Lightsail. Learn about public and private key pairs, and how to connect to your Lightsail instance.
Overviews
Learn about the different IP addresses of your Amazon Lightsail resources.
How tos
Learn how to set up a Secure SHell (SSH) connection to your Linux/Unix-based Lightsail instance (a virtual private server).
Overviews
Learn about static IP addresses and how you can keep the same public IP address when you restart your instance.
Overviews
Learn about snapshots, or backups, in Amazon Lightsail. You can create snapshots of instances, databases, and block storage disks in Lightsail.