Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail Instances API

Lightsail virtual server instance management

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 19

POST /#AttachInstancesToLoadBalancer Attach Instances To Load Balancer #
POST /#CreateInstances Create Instances #
POST /#CreateInstancesFromSnapshot Create Instances From Snapshot #
POST /#DeleteInstance Delete Instance #
POST /#DetachInstancesFromLoadBalancer Detach Instances From Load Balancer #
POST /#GetInstance Get Instance #
POST /#GetInstances Get Instances #
POST /#StartInstance Start Instance #
POST /#StopInstance Stop Instance #
POST /#CloseInstancePublicPorts Close Instance Public Ports #
POST /#OpenInstancePublicPorts Open Instance Public Ports #
POST /#RebootInstance Reboot Instance #
POST /#GetInstanceAccessDetails Get Instance Access Details #
POST /#GetInstanceMetricData Get Instance Metric Data #
POST /#GetInstancePortStates Get Instance Port States #
POST /#GetInstanceState Get Instance State #
POST /#PutInstancePublicPorts Put Instance Public Ports #
POST /#SetupInstanceHttps Setup Instance Https #
POST /#UpdateInstanceMetadataOptions Update Instance Metadata Options #

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://artifacts.apis.io/amazon-lightsail/openapi/amazon-lightsail-instances-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/amazon-lightsail/json-schema/amazon-lightsail-instance-schema.json

Other Resources

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Smithy
https://artifacts.apis.io/amazon-lightsail/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://artifacts.apis.io/amazon-lightsail/json-ld/amazon-lightsail-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-lightsail-instances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Amazon Lightsail Instances API
  version: '2016-11-28'
  description: Generated from AWS's published Smithy model for Amazon Lightsail. 19 operation(s).
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://lightsail.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
security:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/amazon-lightsail/openapi/amazon-lightsail-instances-api-openapi.yml