Amazon Lightsail
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Section titled “Concept”Amazon Lightsail is a simple package with a fixed monthly price for running small websites or apps. A virtual server, disk, data transfer and a static IP come together as one bundle. You can pick from images (blueprints) with popular apps or operating systems already installed. Managed databases, load balancers and containers are also available inside Lightsail. When your needs grow, you can connect Lightsail to other AWS services with VPC peering.
Simple example
Section titled “Simple example”Renting a furnished flat instead of buying each piece of furniture separately — server, disk, IP and network all come together, at one price.
Why it’s needed
Section titled “Why it’s needed”For beginners, setting up EC2, VPC and Security Groups separately is hard. In Lightsail, everything is ready in a few clicks.
Where it’s used
Section titled “Where it’s used”Personal blogs, WordPress sites, small business websites and learning projects.
Azure equivalent
Section titled “Azure equivalent”No direct match; closest: Azure App Service or a small Virtual Machine
Related
Section titled “Related”Amazon EC2 · AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Learn more
Section titled “Learn more”For details and the latest information, see the official documentation: