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Deploy a LAMP Web App on Amazon Lightsail

Module 2: Clean Up Resources

Introduction

Overview

If you followed the steps of this guide to experiment with Lightsail, and not to deploy a production-ready service, it is important to delete all cloud-based resources that you created. This will help you to avoid incurring charges on your AWS account.

In this module, you will clean up the resources that you deployed in previous modules

What you will accomplish

In this module, you will:

  • Clean up all resources used by an Amazon Lightsail deployment

Implementation

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March 17, 2023

Module 2: Clean Up Resources

In this module, you will clean up the resources that you deployed in previous modules

Delete the cloud-based infrastructure

Amazon Lightsail makes it easy to delete your infrastructure with just one command.

1. Delete the instance

Open your terminal and type the following command:

aws lightsail delete-instance --instance-name LightsailLampExample

2. Delete the key pair

To delete your SSH key pair, use this command:

aws lightsail delete-key-pair --key-pair-name LightsailGuide

3. Verify deletion

To verify all resources have been deleted, enter the following command:

aws lightsail get-instances # the command should output the following{    "instances": []}

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have finished the  Deploy a LAMP Web Application on Amazon Lightsail tutorial. Continue your journey with AWS by following the Next steps section.