AWS Lightsail

AWS Lightsail is an EASY TO USE version of AWS EC2. If you are an expert or experienced in AWS, It is not a big deal to utilise EC2 to issue multiple types of instances. Beginners or people who do not require much knowledge in Cloud could get easily lost in EC2. AWS Lightsail is more like Linode, Vultr, Digitalocean and similar services. If you do not understand much Cloud, You can still use Lightsail to host your site on AWS.

AWS Lightsail is easy, But AWS itself is not. Integrating AWS Lightsail with ServerAvatar is a lengthy process compared to Digitalocean or Vultr. It is because many large organisations use AWS and have to share one AWS Account with hundreds of developers. AWS Lightsail integration with ServerAvatar is a 3 step process. Here are they:

1. Create Policy on AWS
2. Create a User in AWS
3. Integrate AWS with ServerAvatar

Let’s get started with the first step.

Create Policy On AWS

Step 1: Sign in to the IAM console.

Step 2: Click on the Policies left side tab.

Step 3: Click on Create Policy button.

Step 4: Click on a Service, select below, and search “Lightsail”.

Step 5: Select the action tab and All Lightsail actions.

Step 6: Select the resources tab and select All resources.

Step 7: Click on Next:Tag button.

Step 8: Click on the Next: Review button.

Step 9: Enter name and description. Click on the Create Policy button.

Step 10: Finally, Create a policy.

Create User On AWS

Step 1: Sign in to the IAM console.

Step 2: Click on Add users.

Step 3: Enter a user name and Select AWS credential type of Access key - Programmatic access. Click on Next: Permissions.

Step 4: Click on a box of Attach existing policies directly and search “\<Policy-Name>”. After clicking on the Next: Tags button.

Step 5: Click on the Next: Review button.

Step 6: Review your user and click on Add user button.

Step 7: Copy of access key and secret key and save them.

Create Cloud Integration on ServerAvatar

Step 1: Click on Integration, then click on Cloud Platforms.

Step 2: Click on the Link Amazon Lighsail button.

Step 3: Enter Name, Access Key and Access Secret. Then Click on the Save button.