Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail Alarms API

The Alarms API from Amazon Lightsail — 4 operation(s) for alarms.

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Operations 4

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

DELETE /ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteAlarm/{alarmName} Delete a metric alarm · Deletes an alarm #
Ask an LLM
“How do I get rid of an alarm I no longer need?”
“Will deleting an alarm stop its email and SMS notifications?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete the alarm {alarmName}.
Remove alarm {alarmName} from my Lightsail account.
GET /ls/api/2016-11-28/GetAlarms List configured metric alarms · Returns information about the configured alarms #
Ask an LLM
“Which alarms are set up on my Lightsail resources?”
“Can I see only the alarms watching one particular instance?”
Tell an agent
List all my alarms.
Show the alarms monitoring {monitoredResourceName}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/PutAlarm Create or update a metric alarm · Creates or updates an alarm, and associates it with the specified metric #
Ask an LLM
“How do I get alerted when my instance CPU goes over 80%?”
“Can one alarm notify me by both email and SMS?”
Tell an agent
Create alarm {alarmName} on {monitoredResourceName} when {metricName} is {comparisonOperator} {threshold} for {evaluationPeriods} periods.
Update alarm {alarmName} to notify me via {contactProtocols}.
GET /ls/api/2016-11-28/TestAlarm/{alarmName} Test an alarm's notifications · Tests an alarm by displaying a banner on the Amazon Lightsail console #
Ask an LLM
“How can I check that an alarm actually sends me a notification?”
“Can I simulate an alarm going into ALARM state without a real spike?”
Tell an agent
Test alarm {alarmName} in the {state} state.
Fire a test notification for {alarmName} as if it were {state}.

Documentation

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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/2016-11-28/api-reference/Welcome.html
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/what-is-amazon-lightsail.html
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GettingStarted
https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/getting-started/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/openapi/amazon-lightsail-alarms-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/json-schema/amazon-lightsail-instance-schema.json

Other Resources

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Smithy
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/smithy/amazon-lightsail-2016-11-28.json
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Pricing
https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/
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FAQ
https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/faq/
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/json-ld/amazon-lightsail-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-lightsail-alarms-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Lightsail Alarms API
  description: Amazon Lightsail is the easiest way to get started with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for developers who need to build websites or web applications.
  version: '2016-11-28'
  contact:
    name: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  x-logo:
    url: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  x-generated-from: AWS Smithy 2.0 service model (https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws) — mechanical transform, no hand-authored operations
servers:
- url: https://lightsail.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon Lightsail regional endpoint (us-east-1). Lightsail is regional — one endpoint per AWS Region, lightsail.{region}.amazonaws.com (IPv4) or lightsail.{region}.api.aws (dual-stack). See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/lightsail.html
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:


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