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Lightsail instance does not start

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Yesterday I received the notification: One or more Amazon Lightsail instances are scheduled for maintenance on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 6:00 PM GMT. The maintenance activity will make the affected Lightsail instances unavailable and then reboot.

After that my Lightsail instance does not start, when I try to start the status goes to starting, and then it has the status stopping and then stopped.

What can cause this? Is it normal for Amazon AWS to take down my instance and not allow me to start it again?

asked 2 years ago410 views
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It's not normal for an Amazon Lightsail instance to fail to start after a scheduled maintenance. Here are a few potential reasons and steps you can take to resolve the issue:

Possible Causes

Maintenance Issue: The maintenance might have encountered an error affecting your instance's ability to start.

Resource Issues: There might be underlying resource constraints or errors (e.g., disk space, memory) preventing the instance from starting.

Configuration Problems: There could be issues with the instance configuration, such as corrupted boot files or incorrect settings applied during the maintenance.

Software Issues: Software or service misconfiguration within the instance might prevent it from starting properly.

Steps to Resolve

Check AWS Health Dashboard: Look for any ongoing issues or maintenance reports that might explain the downtime.

**Review Instance Status Checks: **Go to the Lightsail console and check the status checks for the instance. These can provide clues about what's going wrong.

**Consult Logs: **If possible, access the instance logs from the Lightsail console to identify any errors during the boot process.

Try a Manual Reboot: Stop the instance completely and then try to start it again. Sometimes a clean restart can resolve transient issues.

Create a Snapshot and Re-deploy: If the instance still doesn't start, create a snapshot of the disk and try launching a new instance from that snapshot.

Contact AWS Support

If the above steps don't resolve the issue, contacting AWS Support is recommended. Provide them with the instance ID and details of the maintenance notification you received. They can investigate further and provide specific guidance or fixes.

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answered 2 years ago
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Hi, It looks like same inquiry the following.
Hope it will be help you.

AWS Lightsail Maintenance
https://repost.aws/questions/QU7AeM4HfTTbOOpeSfyj5DRg/aws-lightsail-maintenance#ANl_oPS7uzRcSuYFVF4WN8xA

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answered 2 years ago

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