Lightsail

What is Lightsail?

Lightsail is designed for the easiest way to handle to lunch VPS server.

Here we can manage Virtual machines’ storage, Data transfer, DNS Zone, and static IP for a low price.

Featuers of Lightsail

Fast & Quick configuration.

Low price.

Difference between Lightsail and EC2

Configuration

Create a Windows server using Lightsail

Steps:

Step 1: Log in to the AWS console click on services under compute select Lightsail.

Step 2: Next choose to create an instance.

Step 3: Select the AWS region where you want to create an instance. Here I used Virginia Region, an availability zone near 6, If you Select Mumbai it will come with two availability zones.

Step 4: Select Windows Platform & choose Operation Version. Here two options are available OS & Apps+ OS(Pre-Configured VPS).

Here am choose Windows Server 2016 (OS Only).

Step 5: Next Choose a plan, give the instance a unique name & click on the Create button. Now successfully created Windows based server.

How to connect your Windows Instance in Lightsail

In Lightsail there are two options to connect RDP.

Methods:

· Browser based RDP

· Remote Desktop Services(RDP)

Steps:

Step 1: After creating the instance choose the connect RDP icon next your instance.

Step 2: Select the icon and go to manage it will connect with servers.

RDP Services Steps:

Step 1: Go to Networking & find your public IP Address.

Step 2: Copy your IP Address(Here IP Address for dynamic once restart server, it changed automatically).

Step 3: Go to the client machine and hit cmd mstsc in run mode.

Step 4: Paste your IP Address and click on Connect buttons.

Step 5: Enter your Credentials.

Note: Get your password, you can get to the instance management console, choose your instance, and click on show default password.

Step 6: Now you logged the instance successfully.

Attach a new disk to the Windows Linghtsail instance

Steps:

Step 1: Go to the Lightsail home page,

Step 2: Choose storage.

Step 3: Choose the AWS Region & AZ where your instance is located.

Step 4: Give a unique name and Create a disk.

Step 5: After a few seconds your disk is created on the disk management.

Step 6: Choose your instance from the list and attach a new disk to the required instance.

Reference Link:

https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/

https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/all