Simplified load balancing: This makes applications and websites be secured from disruption, contains differences in traffic, and provides an easy experience to users or visitors by conducting web traffic over instances. Simplified load balancers give free SSL certificates using integrated certificates.
Object Storage: This allows you to store fixed content like HTML files, videos, and images.
Managed databases: This helps in autonomously scaling databases of virtual servers, in automatic backup, running individual databases in the cloud, and making applications more accessible.
Containers: This enables users or customers to run containerized applications in the cloud and safely use them from the internet. E.g., Python web app.
What Can I Use Lightsail for?
Small or Personal Projects: Lightsail is generally used for small to moderate tasks or jobs.
Simple Web Applications: For web applications, like standard CMS.
Websites. Businesses use Lightsail to create custom websites, including blogs, e-commerce sites, and personal websites.
Blogs: Lightsail virtual servers are impressive for managing a blog, mainly a WordPress blog.
Business Software: Lightsail can run open-source and commercial software like MySQL. It can also be used for small-scale enterprise applications such as HPC, big data, and analytics workloads.
Dev/Test Environments: Developers can use Lightsail to set up a DevOps pipeline for building staging servers as a way of testing products before deployment.
Who Can Use Lightsail?
Developers
Businesses, especially MSMEs or SMEs
New cloud users
Non-professional working on a personal project
Computer Software industry.
How Can I Access Lightsail?
A memory from 512 megabytes (MB) to 32 gigabytes (GB).
Available processors of one to eight cores.
Storage of 20 gigabytes (GB) to 640 gigabytes (GB).
Data transfer allocation from one terabyte (TB) to 7 terabytes (TB).
And prices from as low as $3.50 to as high as $240 per month.
What are the Benefits of Lightsail?
Uncomplicated User Interface: because it functions through pre-configured software, there is usually less confusion for the customers or users who would be using it, especially for the first time.
Scalable (Manually): Because it is scalable, you can transition from a Lightsail plan to a higher RAM and storage capacity. The plans may be fixed per month, but it does not affect your computing ability.
Ease for new developers: Lightsail provides a quick way to get started.
Managed Databases: This provides users with automatic database backup and scaling
What are the Drawbacks of Lightsail?
Not fitting for enterprise workloads: Lightsail is ideal for individuals, startups, and small-scale business applications, but it is not recommended for enterprise-level jobs or tasks.
