Hosting Simple Web Applications using Amazon Lightsail

An introduction to quick and flexible hosting of Simple Web Applications using Amazon Lightsail

Language: english

Note: 5.0/5 (1 notes) 1,059 students New course

Instructor(s): Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Last update: 2022-07-20

What you’ll learn

Differentiate between several application-hosting services on AWS
Describe the capabilities of Amazon Lightsail
Create and deploy a LAMP-stack instance on Lightsail
Deploy a managed database on Lightsail
Set up a content delivery network (CDN) to distribute media content to edge locations
Create the SSL/TLS certificate for a load balancer to secure the network connection

Requirements

No programming experience needed.

Description

As a freelance developer, you are regularly building various software solutions for your customers. Recently, you received a request to create a pet adoption app on AWS. Because of a tight deadline and limited budget, you need to find a hosting platform that would satisfy all customer requirements without having a lot of setup and operations overhead. You evaluate different AWS services and decide on Amazon Lightsail to meet your use case. With Lightsail, you’ll be able to build and deploy an instance to host an app and then gradually add features to enhance app functionality. Amazon Lightsail provides easy-to-use cloud resources to get your web application or websites up and running in just a few clicks.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

Differentiate between several application-hosting services on AWS
Understand the value and simplicity of Amazon Lightsail
Create an account on AWS
Create and deploy a LAMP-stack instance in Lightsail
Differentiate between dynamic and static IP addresses
Assign a static IP address to the application
Deploy a managed database on Lightsail
Run MySQL commands to create a database and seed database tables with data
Store images in object storage on Lightsail
Create a bucket metric alarm to receive notifications when the bucket is reaching its storage limit
Distribute media content to edge locations by using a content delivery network (CDN)
Create a load balancer to evenly distribute network traffic to your application
Set up a Domain Name System (DNS) zone, along with the DNS records
Transfer management of your domain’s DNS records to Amazon Lightsail
Create the SSL/TLS certificate for a load balancer to secure the network connection
Differentiate between vertical scaling and horizontal scaling
Determine what to do if you want to expand beyond the capabilities of Lightsail
Delete resources that you configured in Amazon Lightsail to avoid incurring costs

Who this course is for

Developers who are looking to learn how to host web applications using Amazon Lightsail.

Course content

Week 1: Build and Deploy an App on Amazon Lightsail
- Course Introduction
- Week 1 Introduction
- App Hosting Services on AWS
- Overview of Amazon Lightsail
- Set Up Your Account on AWS and Create a User
- Create and Deploy a LAMP Stack Instance
- Assign a Static IP Address to Your App
- Exercise 1
- Create a Managed Database in Amazon Lightsail
- Create a Bucket in Amazon Lightsail
- Create Bucket Metric Alarms
- Exercise 2
- Week 1 FAQs
- Quiz 1
Week 2: Optimize and Scale Your App for High Availability
- Week 2 Introduction
- Create a Content Distribution Network for Pet Images
- Add a Load Balancer To Create a Highly Available App
- Exercise 3
- Create a DNS Zone in Amazon Lightsail
- Create SSL/TLS Certificates for Your Load Balancer in Amazon Lightsail
- Exercise 4
- How To Scale Your Lightsail App
- Week 2 FAQs
- Quiz 2
- Delete All Resources
- Course Closing
- Final Quiz