Amazon Lightsail Setup API

The Setup API from Amazon Lightsail — 1 operation(s) for setup.

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POST /ls/api/2016-11-28/get-setup-history Review recent HTTPS setup attempts on an instance · Returns detailed information for five of the most recent SetupInstanceHttps… #
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“Why did my HTTPS setup on the instance fail?”
“Can I see the last few SSL setup requests run on a server?”
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Show the HTTPS setup history for {resourceName}.
Get more setup history for {resourceName} from page {pageToken}.

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-lightsail-setup-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Lightsail Setup 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:
- name: Setup
paths:
  /ls/api/2016-11-28/get-setup-history:
    post:
      operationId: GetSetupHistory
      summary: Returns detailed information for five of the most recent SetupInstanceHttps…
      description: Returns detailed information for five of the most recent SetupInstanceHttps requests that were ran on the target instance.
      tags:
      - Setup
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-amz-json-1.1:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetSetupHistoryRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetSetupHistoryResult'
        '403':
          description: AccessDeniedException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedException'
        '400':
          description: InvalidInputException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidInputException'
        '404':
          description: NotFoundException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundException'
        '428':
          description: RegionSetupInProgressException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegionSetupInProgressException'
        '500':
          description: ServiceException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceException'
        '401':
          description: UnauthenticatedException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthenticatedException'
      x-amz-target: Lightsail_20161128.GetSetupHistory
components:
  schemas:
    string:
      type: string
    SetupStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - succeeded
      - failed
      - inProgress
    SetupRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        instanceName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceName'
          description: The name of the Lightsail instance.
        domainNames:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupDomainNameList'
          description: The name of the domain and subdomains that the SSL/TLS certificate secures.
        certificateProvider:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateProvider'
          description: The Certificate Authority (CA) that issues the SSL/TLS certificate.
      description: Returns information that was submitted during the SetupInstanceHttps request. Email information is redacted for privacy.
    SetupDomainName:
      type: string
      pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-]{1,63}(\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-]{1,63}){0,8}(\.[a-zA-Z]{2,63})$
      minLength: 4
      maxLength: 253
    IsoDate:
      type: string
      format: date-time
    InvalidInputException:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        docs:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        tip:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
      description: Lightsail throws this exception when user input does not conform to the validation rules of an input field. Domain and distribution APIs are only available in the N. Virginia ( us-east-1 ) Amazon Web Services Region. Please set your Amazon Web Services Region configuration to us-east-1 to create, view, or edit these resources.
    ResourceName:
      type: string
      pattern: ^\w[\w\-]*\w$
    setupHistoryList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupHistory'
    SetupHistoryPageToken:
      type: string
      pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9+/=]+$
      minLength: 24
      maxLength: 40
    ResourceLocation:
      type: object
      properties:
        availabilityZone:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
          description: The Availability Zone. Follows the format us-east-2a (case-sensitive).
        regionName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegionName'
          description: The Amazon Web Services Region name.
      description: Describes the resource location.
    GetSetupHistoryRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceName'
          description: The name of the resource for which you are requesting information.
        pageToken:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupHistoryPageToken'
          description: The token to advance to the next page of results from your request. To get a page token, perform an initial GetSetupHistory request. If your results are paginated, the response will return a next page token that you can specify as the page token in a subsequent request.
      required:
      - resourceName
    AccessDeniedException:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        docs:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        tip:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
      description: Lightsail throws this exception when the user cannot be authenticated or uses invalid credentials to access a resource.
    CertificateProvider:
      type: string
      enum:
      - LetsEncrypt
    SetupHistoryResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceName'
          description: The name of the Lightsail resource.
        arn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString'
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Lightsail resource.
        createdAt:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoDate'
          description: The timestamp for when the resource was created.
        location:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceLocation'
        resourceType:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceType'
          description: The Lightsail resource type. For example, Instance .
      description: The Lightsail resource that SetupHistory was ran on.
    SetupExecutionDetailsList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupExecutionDetails'
    NonEmptyString:
      type: string
      pattern: \S
    RegionSetupInProgressException:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        docs:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
          description: Regions and Availability Zones for Lightsail
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        tip:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
          description: Opt-in Regions typically take a few minutes to finish setting up before you can work with them. Wait a few minutes and try again.
      description: Lightsail throws this exception when an operation is performed on resources in an opt-in Region that is currently being set up.
    SetupDomainNameList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupDomainName'
    SetupHistory:
      type: object
      properties:
        operationId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString'
          description: A GUID that's used to identify the operation.
        request:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupRequest'
          description: Information about the specified request.
        resource:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupHistoryResource'
          description: The target resource name for the request.
        executionDetails:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupExecutionDetailsList'
          description: Describes the full details of the request.
        status:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupStatus'
          description: The status of the request.
      description: Returns a list of the commands that were ran on the target resource. The status of each command is also returned.
    SetupExecutionDetails:
      type: object
      properties:
        command:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
          description: The command that was executed.
        dateTime:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoDate'
          description: The timestamp for when the request was run.
        name:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString'
          description: The name of the target resource.
        status:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupStatus'
          description: The status of the SetupInstanceHttps request.
        standardError:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
          description: The text written by the command to stderr.
        standardOutput:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
          description: The text written by the command to stdout.
        version:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
          description: The current version of the script..
      description: Returns details about the commands that were run.
    ResourceType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - ContainerService
      - Instance
      - StaticIp
      - KeyPair
      - InstanceSnapshot
      - Domain
      - PeeredVpc
      - LoadBalancer
      - LoadBalancerTlsCertificate
      - Disk
      - DiskSnapshot
      - RelationalDatabase
      - RelationalDatabaseSnapshot
      - ExportSnapshotRecord
      - CloudFormationStackRecord
      - Alarm
      - ContactMethod
      - Distribution
      - Certificate
      - Bucket
    GetSetupHistoryResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        setupHistory:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/setupHistoryList'
          description: The historical information that's returned.
        nextPageToken:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetupHistoryPageToken'
          description: The token to advance to the next page of results from your request. A next page token is not returned if there are no more results to display. To get the next page of results, perform another GetSetupHistory request and specify the next page token using the pageToken parameter.
    UnauthenticatedException:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        docs:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        tip:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
      description: Lightsail throws this exception when the user has not been authenticated.
    NotFoundException:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        docs:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        tip:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
      description: Lightsail throws this exception when it cannot find a resource.
    ServiceException:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        docs:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
        tip:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/string'
      description: A general service exception.
    RegionName:
      type: string
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-south-2
      - ca-central-1
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-southeast-3
      - ap-southeast-5
      - sa-east-1
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. Sign each request with IAM credentials for service name "lightsail"; the Authorization header carries the AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 credential scope, signed headers and signature. Temporary STS credentials additionally require X-Amz-Security-Token. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/2016-11-28/api-reference/CommonParameters.html
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Lightsail API Reference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/2016-11-28/api-reference/Welcome.html