Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail Certificates API

The Certificates API from Amazon Lightsail — 7 operation(s) for certificates.

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Operations 7

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

POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/AttachLoadBalancerTlsCertificate Attach a TLS certificate to a load balancer · Attaches a Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate to your load balancer #
Ask an LLM
“How do I enable HTTPS on my load balancer with a validated certificate?”
“Can I swap the certificate a load balancer is using?”
Tell an agent
Attach certificate {certificateName} to load balancer {loadBalancerName}.
Switch load balancer {loadBalancerName} to use TLS cert {certificateName}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/CreateCertificate Request a certificate for a CDN or container service · Creates an SSL/TLS certificate for an Amazon Lightsail content delivery network… #
Ask an LLM
“How do I get an SSL certificate for my Lightsail distribution's custom domain?”
“Can one certificate cover extra subdomains for a container service?”
Tell an agent
Create certificate {certificateName} for {domainName}.
Request certificate {certificateName} for {domainName} plus {subjectAlternativeNames} for my distribution.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/CreateLoadBalancerTlsCertificate Create a TLS certificate on a load balancer · Creates an SSL/TLS certificate for an Amazon Lightsail load balancer #
Ask an LLM
“How do I create an SSL certificate specifically for a Lightsail load balancer?”
“Can I add alternative domain names to a load balancer certificate?”
Tell an agent
Create load balancer certificate {certificateName} on {loadBalancerName} for {certificateDomainName}.
On {loadBalancerName}, create TLS cert {certificateName} for {certificateDomainName} and {certificateAlternativeNames}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteCertificate Delete a CDN/container certificate · Deletes an SSL/TLS certificate for your Amazon Lightsail content delivery… #
Ask an LLM
“How do I delete a certificate I made for my CDN distribution?”
“Can I remove an unused distribution certificate?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete certificate {certificateName}.
Remove the distribution certificate {certificateName} from my account.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteLoadBalancerTlsCertificate Delete a load balancer's TLS certificate · Deletes an SSL/TLS certificate associated with a Lightsail load balancer #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a TLS certificate from my load balancer?”
“Can I force-delete a load balancer certificate that's still attached?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete certificate {certificateName} from load balancer {loadBalancerName}.
Force-delete ({force}) TLS cert {certificateName} on {loadBalancerName}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/GetCertificates List CDN and container certificates · Returns information about one or more Amazon Lightsail SSL/TLS certificates #
Ask an LLM
“Which of my distribution certificates are still pending validation?”
“Can I see the full details of one certificate, including validation records?”
Tell an agent
List my Lightsail certificates with status {certificateStatuses}.
Get certificate {certificateName} with details ({includeCertificateDetails}).
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/GetLoadBalancerTlsCertificates List a load balancer's TLS certificates · Returns information about the TLS certificates that are associated with the… #
Ask an LLM
“What certificates are associated with my load balancer?”
“Has my load balancer certificate been validated yet?”
Tell an agent
List TLS certificates on load balancer {loadBalancerName}.
Show the validation status of certificates attached to {loadBalancerName}.

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-certificates-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-certificates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Lightsail Certificates 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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