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/AWS1/CL_LSA=>CREATEINSTANCES()

About CreateInstances

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.

Method Signature

IMPORTING

Required arguments:

IT_INSTANCENAMES TYPE /AWS1/CL_LSASTRINGLIST_W=>TT_STRINGLIST TT_STRINGLIST

The names to use for your new Lightsail instances. Separate multiple values using quotation marks and commas, for example: ["MyFirstInstance","MySecondInstance"]

IV_AVAILABILITYZONE TYPE /AWS1/LSASTRING /AWS1/LSASTRING

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.

IV_BLUEPRINTID TYPE /AWS1/LSANONEMPTYSTRING /AWS1/LSANONEMPTYSTRING

The ID for a virtual private server image (app_wordpress_x_x or app_lamp_x_x). 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.

IV_BUNDLEID TYPE /AWS1/LSANONEMPTYSTRING /AWS1/LSANONEMPTYSTRING

The bundle of specification information for your virtual private server (or instance), including the pricing plan (medium_x_x).

Optional arguments:

IV_CUSTOMIMAGENAME TYPE /AWS1/LSARESOURCENAME /AWS1/LSARESOURCENAME

(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.

IV_USERDATA TYPE /AWS1/LSASTRING /AWS1/LSASTRING

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.

IV_KEYPAIRNAME TYPE /AWS1/LSARESOURCENAME /AWS1/LSARESOURCENAME

The name of your key pair.

IT_TAGS TYPE /AWS1/CL_LSATAG=>TT_TAGLIST TT_TAGLIST

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.

IT_ADDONS TYPE /AWS1/CL_LSAADDONREQUEST=>TT_ADDONREQUESTLIST TT_ADDONREQUESTLIST

An array of objects representing the add-ons to enable for the new instance.

IV_IPADDRESSTYPE TYPE /AWS1/LSAIPADDRESSTYPE /AWS1/LSAIPADDRESSTYPE

The IP address type for the instance.

The possible values are ipv4 for IPv4 only, ipv6 for IPv6 only, and dualstack for IPv4 and IPv6.

The default value is dualstack.

RETURNING

OO_OUTPUT TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_LSACREATEINSTSRESULT /AWS1/CL_LSACREATEINSTSRESULT