AWS Lightsail: A Beginner’s Guide
Amazon Lightsail is a cloud-based Virtual Private Server (VPS) service designed for simplicity and cost-effectiveness. It’s an excellent choice for developers, small businesses, and beginners who want to deploy web applications, host websites, or create development environments without the complexity of managing infrastructure directly. Key Components: Instance Plans: Choose from various instance plans based on your workload and budget. These plans determine the resources (CPU, RAM, storage) allocated to your server. Lightsail offers pre-configured development stacks (e.g., LAMP, Nginx, MEAN, Node.js) for quick setup. AWS Region and Availability Zone: Select the region and availability zone where your server will be deployed. Optimize performance by choosing a nearby region. Blueprints: Blueprints are predefined configurations for specific use cases (e.g., WordPress, Joomla, GitLab). Pick a blueprint that aligns with your project. Networking: Configure networking settings, including fi