name: Amazon Lightsail
description: 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.
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://apis.io/amazon-lightsail
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
- name: Amazon Lightsail API
  description: The Amazon Lightsail API provides programmatic access to manage Lightsail resources including instances, containers,
    databases, disks, load balancers, certificates, distributions, and DNS zones.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  baseURL: https://lightsail.amazonaws.com
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/what-is-amazon-lightsail.html
  - type: openapi
    url: openapi/openapi.yml
  - type: openapi
    url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/lightsail/latest/openapi.yaml
  - type: json-schema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
  - type: json-ld
    url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
  - type: pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/
  - type: getting-started
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/getting-started/
  - type: faq
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/faq/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-lightsail-instance-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-lightsail-context.jsonld
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/amazon-lightsail-instances.yaml
common:
- type: portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/
- type: terms-of-service
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: privacy-policy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/
- type: github
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: console
  url: https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/
- type: sign-up
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: login
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: knowledge-center
  url: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center
- type: youtube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: stack-overflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-lightsail
- type: contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: security
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/security/
- type: compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Simple Virtual Servers
    description: Launch virtual servers with pre-configured Linux/Windows environments in minutes.
  - name: Managed Databases
    description: Deploy managed databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) without server management.
  - name: Containers
    description: Deploy containerized applications using Lightsail container services.
  - name: CDN Distributions
    description: Create CloudFront-powered CDN distributions for faster content delivery.
  - name: Predictable Pricing
    description: Fixed monthly pricing with no surprise bills including compute, storage, and data transfer.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: WordPress Hosting
    description: Host WordPress sites with pre-configured LAMP stacks at low, predictable cost.
  - name: Web Application Development
    description: Develop and test web applications on simple cloud infrastructure.
  - name: Small Business Websites
    description: Power small business websites with affordable, managed cloud hosting.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Connect Lightsail instances to S3 buckets for object storage.
  - name: AWS CloudFront
    description: Distribute Lightsail content globally via CloudFront CDN distributions.
  - name: Amazon Route 53
    description: Manage DNS for Lightsail resources using Route 53.
  - name: Amazon EC2
    description: Migrate Lightsail instances to EC2 when you need more control.
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-lightsail-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-lightsail-vocabulary.yaml
maintainer:
  name: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com