Amazon Lightsail proposes resource monitoring, alarming and notifications

Amazon Lightsail now offers resource monitoring, alarming and notifications. You can now assign starting point for each of the monitored metrics for Amazon Lightsail instances, load balancers and databases, and be notified if the thresholds are exceeded via email and SMS notifications. This new launch will let you understand the health of your Lightsail infrastructure, and be notified if there are any difficulties. At most 2 alarms per metric can be stated on instances, load balancers and databases. For example, one alarm could be used as an alert and the other alarm could pop when it has exceeded a critical threshold. To create the alarm, you only need to choose the metric you require to alarm on, a threshold value for the metric to exceed and how long the metric requires to overshoot the threshold value to trigger the alarm. When an alarm is violated, a warning flag is appeared in the Lightsail console. Besides, you can select to get notifications through email and/or SMS text message using Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS). Email address and SMS contact numbers can be supplied on a region by region basis, and not all regions support SMS text messaging (read documentation for details). No extra charges are applied on this new feature. To get more information, read documentation on how to create your first set of alarms.

Blueprint instance option range now feasible by Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail provides several options for one to create a virtual private server. This criterion helps one decide which operating system (OS), application, or development stack is right for your project. Users can use a blueprint to create a new instance already running a specific operating system, as well as a pre-installed app or development stack. The software each instance is running depends on the blueprint image you choose where a precisely selected collection of previously configured application stacks can effortlessly search the software needed for the project. Customers use active blueprints when creating fresh instances. Unavailable blueprints are listed to support the customers with pre-existing instances and also are not particularly available to create new instances. Blueprints are also marked when they become inactive and outdated due to the operating system updates or even the new application releases. Users can create Lightsail instances with both these blueprints in every AWS Region where Lightsail is available for the same affordable monthly prices that customers are used to. Lightsail provides various options for users to create a virtual private server. This topic aids users in deciding which operating system (OS), application, or development stack is efficient for the project.

How To Set Up Your First Instance With Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new service called Amazon Lightsail in 2016. Amazon Lightsail is a flat-rate, low-cost computing solution with easy setup and it has low maintenance. In the server hosting world, these systems are known as VPS i.e Virtual Private Servers.

AWS Lightsail VPS is a scaled-down version of its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service. For production workloads, EC2 instances require a range of fine-tuning like selecting the right Amazon Machine Image (AMI), placement in a virtual private cloud (VPC), assigning security groups, configuring network interfaces, and so on.

Amazon Lightsail instances don’t need any of these. This ease of set up and operation means that Lightsail instances don’t need to be maintained by dedicated server teams. They are classical for developers, devotee, and small teams.

Step 1 : Sign-Up For AWS
To launch your first lightsail instance you requires an AWS account. Sign up for AWS, or Sign in to AWS if you already have an account.

Step 2 : After Login In AWS Management Console, Select Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Lightsail is a low cost VPS(virtual private server) service launched by Amazon Web Services(AWS). Launching an instance become very easy for non-technical people. With Lightsail you can launch a virtual machine preconfigured with SSD-based storage, DNS management, and a static IP address with a few simple clicks.






Step 3 : Click On The Create Instance Button



Step 4 : Choose The AWS Region And Availability Zone For Your Instance



Step 5 : Choose Your Platform And OS Which You Want To Install For Instance



Step 6 : Create New SSH Key
If you don't choose to use the default key, you can create a new key pair at the time you create your Lightsail instance.

1. If you haven't done it yet, choose Create instance.
2. On the Create an instance page, choose change SSH key pair.
3. Choose Create new.
4. Lightsail displays the region where we're creating the new key.

Step 6 : Choose An Instance Plan
A plan includes a low, predictable cost, machine configuration (RAM, SSD, vCPU), and data transfer allowance. You can try the $3.50 USD Lightsail plan without charge for one month (up to 750 hours). AWS credits one free month to your account.



Step 7 : Identify Your Instance
You can rename your instance to something more appropriate, and at last click on create.



Step 8 : Create A Lightsail Static IP Address And Attach It To Your Instance
The default public IP for your Lightsail instance changes if you stop and start the instance. A static IP address, attached to an instance, stays the same even if you stop and start your instance.

Create a static IP address and attach it to your Lightsail instance.



With reference to this article, you must be able to launch your first Lightsail instance. If you have any queries then write us at support@cloud.in