Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Lightsail is a virtual private server (VPS) provider and is the easiest way to get started with AWS for developers, small businesses, students, and other users who need a solution to build and host their applications on cloud. Lightsail provides developers compute, storage, and networking capacity and capabilities to deploy and manage websites and web applications in the cloud.
Amazon Lightsail publishes 22 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Alarms API, Blueprints API, and 19 more. Tagged areas include Cloud, Compute, Virtual Private Server, Hosting, and Containers.
The Amazon Lightsail catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Amazon Lightsail’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, and 47 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
What people ask Amazon Lightsail 22
The questions people put to an LLM, and the jobs they hand an agent, that Amazon Lightsail's APIs answer — each one linked to the operation that does it. Generated by API Evangelist
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APIs 22
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Amazon Lightsail Account API
The Account API from Amazon Lightsail — 14 operation(s) for account.
Amazon Lightsail Alarms API
The Alarms API from Amazon Lightsail — 4 operation(s) for alarms.
Amazon Lightsail Blueprints API
The Blueprints API from Amazon Lightsail — 1 operation(s) for blueprints.
Amazon Lightsail Buckets API
The Buckets API from Amazon Lightsail — 11 operation(s) for buckets.
Amazon Lightsail Bundles API
The Bundles API from Amazon Lightsail — 1 operation(s) for bundles.
Amazon Lightsail Certificates API
The Certificates API from Amazon Lightsail — 7 operation(s) for certificates.
Amazon Lightsail Contact Methods API
The Contact Methods API from Amazon Lightsail — 4 operation(s) for contact methods.
Amazon Lightsail Container Services API
The Container Services API from Amazon Lightsail — 10 operation(s) for container services.
Amazon Lightsail Cost Estimate API
The Cost Estimate API from Amazon Lightsail — 1 operation(s) for cost estimate.
Amazon Lightsail Distributions API
The Distributions API from Amazon Lightsail — 11 operation(s) for distributions.
Amazon Lightsail Domains API
The Domains API from Amazon Lightsail — 7 operation(s) for domains.
Amazon Lightsail Instances API
Lightsail virtual server instance management
Amazon Lightsail Load Balancers API
The Load Balancers API from Amazon Lightsail — 9 operation(s) for load balancers.
Amazon Lightsail Operations API
The Operations API from Amazon Lightsail — 3 operation(s) for operations.
Amazon Lightsail Regions API
The Regions API from Amazon Lightsail — 1 operation(s) for regions.
Amazon Lightsail Relational Databases API
The Relational Databases API from Amazon Lightsail — 22 operation(s) for relational databases.
Amazon Lightsail Setup API
The Setup API from Amazon Lightsail — 1 operation(s) for setup.
Amazon Lightsail Snapshots API
The Snapshots API from Amazon Lightsail — 15 operation(s) for snapshots.
Amazon Lightsail Static IPs API
The Static IPs API from Amazon Lightsail — 6 operation(s) for static ips.
Amazon Lightsail Tags API
The Tags API from Amazon Lightsail — 2 operation(s) for tags.
Amazon Lightsail Blockstorage API
The blockstorage API from Amazon Lightsail — 6 operation(s) for blockstorage.
Amazon Lightsail Keypairs API
The Keypairs API from Amazon Lightsail — 6 operation(s) for keypairs.
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Postman Collections 1
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open Collections 4
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon Lightsail Instances API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon Lightsail API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon Lightsail API
OPEN COLLECTIONMCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Amazon Lightsail MCP Server
Remote MCP server at aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws requiring an API key; 8 tools listed.
MCP SERVERPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Amazon Lightsail Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Amazon Lightsail Finops
FINOPSFeatures 5
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Simple Virtual Servers
Launch virtual servers with pre-configured Linux/Windows environments in minutes.
Managed Databases
Deploy managed databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) without server management.
Containers
Deploy containerized applications using Lightsail container services.
CDN Distributions
Create CloudFront-powered CDN distributions for faster content delivery.
Predictable Pricing
Fixed monthly pricing with no surprise bills including compute, storage, and data transfer.
Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Amazon Lightsail Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Amazon Lightsail — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALAmazon Lightsail API Rules
SPECTRALOpenAPI Overlays 23
Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.
Amazon Lightsail Overlay
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JSON Schema 1
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Instance
JSON SCHEMAJSON Structure 1
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Amazon Lightsail Instance Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 1
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 3
What developers build with this provider.
WordPress Hosting
Host WordPress sites with pre-configured LAMP stacks at low, predictable cost.
Web Application Development
Develop and test web applications on simple cloud infrastructure.
Small Business Websites
Power small business websites with affordable, managed cloud hosting.
Integrations 4
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Amazon S3
Connect Lightsail instances to S3 buckets for object storage.
AWS CloudFront
Distribute Lightsail content globally via CloudFront CDN distributions.
Amazon Route 53
Manage DNS for Lightsail resources using Route 53.
Amazon EC2
Migrate Lightsail instances to EC2 when you need more control.
Resources
Get Started 6
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 7
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 8
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 8
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
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Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 6
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 4
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
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