CLOUD LABS
Getting Started with Amazon Lightsail
In this Cloud Lab, you’ll get hands-on experience building an application using Lightsail instances, databases, object storage, and load balancers.
beginner
Certificate of Completion
Learning Objectives
Amazon Lightsail provides users with all the necessary services that are required to configure a scalable application. Lightsail allows you to configure instances, databases, storage, containers, networking services, and others.
In this Cloud Lab, you’ll start by creating a Lightsail instance that will host your application. Then, you’ll configure a Lightsail database and establish a connection between your Lightsail instance and the Lightsail database. After that, you’ll configure Lightsail object storage and establish a connection between your Lightsail instance and Lightsail object storage. Lastly, you’ll learn how to make your application scalable and configure a Lightsail load balancer.
After completing this Cloud Lab, you’ll be able to deploy a scalable application using Amazon Lightsail. At the end of the Cloud Lab, the provisioned infrastructure will be similar to the illustration below:
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