Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail Domains API

The Domains API from Amazon Lightsail — 7 operation(s) for domains.

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IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

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/CreateDomain Create a DNS zone for a domain · Creates a domain resource for the specified domain (example.com) #
Ask an LLM
“How do I manage my domain's DNS in Lightsail?”
“Can I create a DNS zone for example.com in Lightsail?”
Tell an agent
Create a DNS zone for {domainName}.
Add domain {domainName} to Lightsail DNS with tags {tags}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/CreateDomainEntry Add a DNS record to a domain · Creates one of the following domain name system (DNS) records in a domain DNS… #
Ask an LLM
“How do I add an A record pointing my domain at an instance?”
“Can I create MX or TXT records in a Lightsail DNS zone?”
Tell an agent
Add DNS record {domainEntry} to {domainName}.
Create a new record {domainEntry} in the {domainName} zone.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteDomain Delete a domain's DNS zone · Deletes the specified domain recordset and all of its domain records #
Ask an LLM
“How do I delete a domain and all of its DNS records?”
“What happens to the records when I remove a DNS zone?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete the DNS zone {domainName}.
Remove domain {domainName} and all its records from Lightsail.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteDomainEntry Delete one DNS record · Deletes a specific domain entry #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a single DNS record from my domain?”
“Can I delete an old CNAME without touching the rest of the zone?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete record {domainEntry} from {domainName}.
Remove DNS entry {domainEntry} in zone {domainName}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/GetDomain Get a domain and its DNS records · Returns information about a specific domain recordset #
Ask an LLM
“What DNS records are set on one of my domains?”
“Can I see the full record set of a specific domain?”
Tell an agent
Get domain {domainName} and its records.
Show the DNS entries in {domainName}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/GetDomains List all DNS zones in the account · Returns a list of all domains in the user's account #
Ask an LLM
“Which domains are managed in my Lightsail account?”
“Is there a way to page through all my DNS zones?”
Tell an agent
List all my domains.
Get the next page of domains using {pageToken}.
POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/UpdateDomainEntry Change an existing DNS record · Updates a domain recordset after it is created #
Ask an LLM
“How do I point an existing A record at a new IP address?”
“Can I edit a DNS record's target after creating it?”
Tell an agent
Update record {domainEntry} in {domainName}.
Change the existing entry in {domainName} to {domainEntry}.

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-domains-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-domains-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Lightsail Domains 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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