{"id":56681,"date":"2020-08-19T14:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T19:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=56681"},"modified":"2020-08-19T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T19:14:41","slug":"how-to-get-started-with-cpanel-on-amazon-lightsail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/products\/how-to-get-started-with-cpanel-on-amazon-lightsail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Started with cPanel on Amazon Lightsail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
cPanel is excited to be added as a blueprint on Amazon Lightsail. Getting started with cPanel on Lightsail has never been easier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amazon Lightsail is an easy-to-use cloud platform that offers you everything needed to build an application or website, plus a cost-effective, monthly plan. If you\u2019re new to the cloud or looking to get on the cloud quickly with AWS infrastructure, the simplified administration of cPanel is now just a few clicks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, we will showcase cPanel’s streamlined setup on Amazon Lightsail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Checklist<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to get started with cPanel on a Lightsail instance we need to do a simple pre-flight check:<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, you will need to sign in to your account or set up an account on Amazon Web Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After you’re logged in, you will see your AWS Management Console. To access the Lightsail console, type “Lightsail” in the “Find Services” text box and click the link that appears below the box. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Lightsail, you can now create instances, managed databases, content delivery network distributions, load balancers, block storage disks, static IPs, DNS zones, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, we will create a new Lightsail instance. Click Create instance<\/strong> to get started. Choose the AWS Region and Availability Zone for your instance, then select the Linux\/Unix Operating System (cPanel current only runs on the Linux Operating System). After selecting the OS, select the cPanel & WHM for Linux Blueprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cPanel & WHM software on this blueprint includes a 15-day trial license. When the trial expires, you must add a current license or purchase a new license<\/a> directly from cPanel to continue using the cPanel & WHM software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a few extra options available during the install. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, we choose our Lightsail plan. AWS currently offers Lightsail plans starting at $5 a month up to $160 per month, depending on your requirements. In order to ensure that you have an optimal experience with cPanel, Lightsail does not support the cPanel bundle on the $3.50 plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now we need to select a unique name to identify our instance. You also have the option to use tags to filter and organize your resources in the Lightsail console. Key-value tags can also be used to organize your billing, and to control access to your resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you have your instance and chosen a plan, you are ready to create your instance! Click the \u201cCreate instance\u201d<\/strong> button to start the creation process. Please note, if you’ve customized the install script, this might take a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When your instance has been successfully created, you will see the active instance in your control panel. Clicking on the Instance block will open the cPanel & WHM Instance control panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you have cPanel & WHM installed on an Amazon Lightsail instance! For more information on the next steps, you should take to get started after your cPanel & WHM instance is up and running on Amazon Lightsail, please view the AWS Lightsail cPanel & WHM Quick Start Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n We hope you are as excited as we are about the new cPanel & WHM blueprint. cPanel will continue to work with AWS to bring your favorite software and integrations into the cloud!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have any questions or want to further discuss this install process, please reach out to us directly via our official Discord<\/a> channel, our official subreddit<\/a>, or the cPanel Forums<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" cPanel is excited to be added as a blueprint on Amazon Lightsail. Getting started with cPanel on Lightsail has never been easier! Amazon Lightsail is an easy-to-use cloud platform that offers you everything needed to build an application or website, plus a cost-effective, monthly plan. If you\u2019re new to the cloud or looking to get on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":65477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGetting Started:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Create a Lightsail Instance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lightsail Plans:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Identify Your Lightsail Instance:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Create your Amazon Lightsail Instance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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