Cloud servers are the flavor of the season among developers right now, but services are expensive. To combat this, Amazon has launched Lightsail, a comprehensive set of Cloud services that includes everything a developer needs to build applications on, or Websites. Notably, these services are less expensive than many others currently on offer, starting at a low of US $3.50 per month for the smallest package.
Amazon Lightsail supports a host of coding languages & pre-packaged CMS frameworks — Node.js, PHP 5 & 7, Ruby, WordPress, Joomla, Magento & many others. Amazon has also set up Online with clear instructions on how to get a service of choice up & running in no time. It offers a free 1 month trial so that you can try before you buy, to see if the interface suits your requirements.
The basic service includes:
1. Static IP address
2.Intuitive management console
3.DNS management
4.1-click SSH terminal access (Linux/Unix)
5.1-click RDP access (Windows)
6. API
7.Highly available SSD storage
8.Server monitor
Amazon has various options for you to choose between, each incremental service priced on a sliding scale from $3.5 to $160 monthly, the cheapest package includes: 512 MB Memory,1 Core Processor, 20 GB SSD Disk, 1 TB Transfer. With the biggest offering: 32 GB Memory, 8 Core Processor, 640 GB SSD Disk, 7 TB Transfer. These prices exclude database requirements which are available & priced between $15 & $120 monthly, depending on space & usage.
Additional services, which you can add to your package include a Load Balancer, etc are available for more money.
Assistance for any aspect of the service from getting started to specific problems is available on Amazon’s Lightsail Website. There’s a set of tutorials & articles, which you can go through to find out how to do most anything connected to the service. However, if you’re still experiencing difficulties, a forum for each coding language & CMS exists so that you can gain insight & solutions for any issues you might be having.
Amazon has ensured that it has covered everything a developer needs to run their application in the Cloud, from the most basic Website to a complicated POS system for several integrated businesses.
