Create a Lightsail for Research virtual computer

Complete the following steps to create a Lightsail for Research virtual computer running an application.

1. Sign in to the Lightsail for Research console.

2. On the home page, choose Create virtual computer.

3. Select an AWS Region for your virtual computer that is near your physical location.

4. Choose an application and hardware plan. For more information, see Choose application images and hardware plans for Lightsail for Research.

5. Enter a name for your virtual computer. Valid characters include alphanumeric characters, numbers, periods, hyphens, and underscores.

   Virtual computer names must also meet the following requirements:

   • Be unique within each AWS Region in your Lightsail for Research account.

   • Contain 2–255 characters.

   • Start and end with an alphanumeric character or number.

6. Choose Create virtual computer in the Summary panel.

Within minutes, your Lightsail for Research virtual computer is ready and you can connect to it through a graphical user interface (GUI) session. For more information about connecting to your Lightsail for Research virtual computer, see Access a Lightsail for Research virtual computer application.

Important

Newly created virtual computers have a set of firewall ports open by default. For more information about these ports, see Manage firewall ports for Lightsail for Research virtual computers.