LightSail instance

Question

I'm aware I cannot update RAM in an AWS LightSail instance - is this correct? IN order to have an instance with more RAM, how can I copy the contents of this existing instance so I can have a new one with more RAM? A snapshot would work?

Thanks.

Accepted Answer

Greetings,

I understand that you currently trying to increase/Update the RAM in a LightSail Instance and also want to understand how you can copy the content of the existing instance with more RAM.

Yes, it is possible to increase the RAM of a LightSail Instance. For this you will need to change the current LightSail Plan [1]. However, Currently the LightSail Instances can have a maximum of 32 GB Memory/RAM for Linux or Windows machines.

The Prerequisites is to scale your LightSail instance, block storage disk, or database for this you take a snapshot of the resource and use the snapshot to create a new, larger version of that resource. Kindly refer to document [2] for the detailed steps on how to create a larger instance.

I hope I was able to provide you with meaningful information. Should you have additional questions or concerns, please get back to us and we will be happy to assist you.

References:

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/change-lightsail-plan/

[2] https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/how-to-create-larger-instance-from-snapshot-using-console

Answer

There's something that it's not working as expected and here's the scenario: 
- host A with 1G memory - hosting web sites 
- host B made from host A's snapshot and increasing memory when snapshotting

I created the snapshot from host A and then assigned the static IP that host A had but when accessing web sites now hosted at host B these are not available.  I would had assumed that just creating the snapshot and reassigning a static IP (for DNS) was all that was required but seems that something else is needed in the snapshotted host B?

Thanks.

LightSail instance

Relevant content