View Lightsail for Research virtual computer details
Complete the following steps to view a list of virtual computers and their details in your Lightsail for Research account.
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Sign in to the Lightsail for Research console
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Choose Virtual computers in the navigation pane to see a list of virtual computers in your account.
Choose a virtual computer's name to navigate to its management page. Following is the information that the management page provides:
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Virtual computer name – The name of your virtual computer.
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Status – Your virtual computer can have one of the following status codes:
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Creating
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Running
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Stopping
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Stopped
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Unknown
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AWS Region – The AWS Region your virtual computer was created in.
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Application & Hardware – The application and hardware plan of the virtual computer.
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Monthly usage estimate – The estimated hourly usage for this virtual computer, for the current billing cycle.
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Month to date cost estimate – The estimated cost (in USD) for the virtual computer, for this billing cycle.
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Dashboard – From the Dashboard tab, you can launch a session to access the virtual computer's application. You can also view the CPU utilization. CPU utilization identifies the processing power that's used by the virtual computer's applications. Each data point shown in the graph represents the average CPU utilization over a period of time.
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Cost control rules – Rules that you define to help manage the usage and costs of your virtual computer.
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Virtual computer usage – A cost and usage estimate for the given billing cycle. You can filter this by date and time.
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Storage – Create, attach, and detach virtual computer disks from the Storage tab. A disk is a storage volume that you can attach to a virtual computer and mount as a hard drive.
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Tags – Manage your virtual computer tags from the tags tab. A tag is a label that you assign to an AWS resource. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value. You can use tags to search and filter your resources, or track your AWS costs.
