Lightsail - Error We're having trouble displaying your resources

Although a snapshot isn't a bad idea, it's not strictly needed in this case.

All you need to do is stop & start your instance and it will shift to different hardware.

Obviously that's the rub in your case.

Since you can SSH into the instance, try powering it off from the OS and power it back on from the lightsail control panel.

david

Hi David,

Thank you for your reply. That is really helpful. In the mean time we have found that the Error we are getting back is unique to trying to interact with the AWS Lightsail console using Chrome browser ( on Mac Big Sur). We tried using Safari instead as a long shot and we can access the instance and take snapshots etc. fine. We will now stop and start it to clear the maintenance.

Using Safari instead of Chrome (on Mac BigSur) removed the Error message and let us access the instance....

Heh, I use Safari on my MBP and have never had a problem with the LS control panel. I've never tried Chrome or Firefox.

I just love the browser wars. <not/>

Glad you were able to resolve it.

Iain Barclay,

Thanks for using Lightsail!

David is correct that stopping and starting the instance is sufficient to move it to a new, unaffected physical box. Note that OS-level shutdowns and reboots and the website's reboot function do not move the VM. Only start/stop will remedy the situation.

Regarding the issue of the error message you saw we are actively investigating this issue and will update this thread when it is resolved.

Thanks,

Donley