AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the Amazon Lightsail CreateInstances API operation.

Syntax

New-LSInstance
-InstanceName <String[]>
-AddOn <AddOnRequest[]>
-AvailabilityZone <String>
-BlueprintId <String>
-BundleId <String>
-IpAddressType <IpAddressType>
-KeyPairName <String>
-Tag <Tag[]>
-UserData <String>
-CustomImageName <String>
-Select <String>
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
-Force <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonLightsailConfig>

Description

Creates one or more Amazon Lightsail instances. The create instances operation supports tag-based access control via request tags. For more information, see the Lightsail Developer Guide.

Parameters

An array of objects representing the add-ons to enable for the new instance.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAddOns
-AvailabilityZone <String>
The Availability Zone in which to create your instance. Use the following format: us-east-2a (case sensitive). You can get a list of Availability Zones by using the get regions operation. Be sure to add the include Availability Zones parameter to your request.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-BlueprintId <String>
The ID for a virtual private server image (app_wordpress_4_4 or app_lamp_7_0). Use the get blueprints operation to return a list of available images (or blueprints).Use active blueprints when creating new instances. Inactive blueprints are listed to support customers with existing instances and are not necessarily available to create new instances. Blueprints are marked inactive when they become outdated due to operating system updates or new application releases.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-BundleId <String>
The bundle of specification information for your virtual private server (or instance), including the pricing plan (micro_1_0).
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ClientConfig <AmazonLightsailConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.LS.AmazonLightsailClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-CustomImageName <String>
(Discontinued) The name for your custom image.In releases prior to June 12, 2017, this parameter was ignored by the API. It is now discontinued.This parameter is deprecated.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
This parameter overrides confirmation prompts to force the cmdlet to continue its operation. This parameter should always be used with caution.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-InstanceName <String[]>
The names to use for your new Lightsail instances. Separate multiple values using quotation marks and commas, for example: ["MyFirstInstance","MySecondInstance"]
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
AliasesInstanceNames
-IpAddressType <IpAddressType>
The IP address type for the instance.The possible values are ipv4 for IPv4 only, and dualstack for IPv4 and IPv6.The default value is dualstack.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-KeyPairName <String>
The name of your key pair.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
Changes the cmdlet behavior to return the value passed to the InstanceName parameter. The -PassThru parameter is deprecated, use -Select '^InstanceName' instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'Operations'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.Lightsail.Model.CreateInstancesResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.Lightsail.Model.CreateInstancesResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Tag <Tag[]>
The tag keys and optional values to add to the resource during create.Use the TagResource action to tag a resource after it's created.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesTags
-UserData <String>
A launch script you can create that configures a server with additional user data. For example, you might want to run apt-get -y update.Depending on the machine image you choose, the command to get software on your instance varies. Amazon Linux and CentOS use yum, Debian and Ubuntu use apt-get, and FreeBSD uses pkg. For a complete list, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

This cmdlet returns a collection of Amazon.Lightsail.Model.Operation objects. The service call response (type Amazon.Lightsail.Model.CreateInstancesResponse) can also be referenced from properties attached to the cmdlet entry in the $AWSHistory stack.

Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z