This sample is part of the SDK for PHP Developer Guide topic at * * */ // snippet-start:[lightsail.php.create_instance.complete] // snippet-start:[lightsail.php.create_instance.import] require 'vendor/autoload.php'; use Aws\Exception\AwsException; // snippet-end:[lightsail.php.create_instance.import] /** * Create an Amazon Lightsail Instance. * * This code expects that you have AWS credentials set up per: * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-php/v3/developer-guide/guide_credentials.html */ //Create a Lightsail Client // snippet-start:[lightsail.php.create_instance.main] $client = new Aws\Lightsail\LightsailClient([ 'profile' => 'default', 'version' => '2016-11-28', 'region' => 'us-east-2' ]); $availabilityZone = 'us-east-2a'; $blueprintId = 'amazon_linux_2018_03_0_2'; $bundleId = 'nano_2_0'; $instanceName = 'AWS_SDK_PHP-Amazon_Linux'; try { $result = $client->createInstances([ 'availabilityZone' => $availabilityZone, 'blueprintId' => $blueprintId, 'bundleId' => $bundleId, 'instanceNames' => [$instanceName], 'tags' => [ [ 'key' => 'SDK', 'value' => 'Made with AWS SDK for PHP', ], [ 'key' => 'Type', 'value' => 'Amazon Linux', ] ], ]); var_dump($result); } catch (AwsException $e) { // output error message if fails echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } // snippet-end:[lightsail.php.create_instance.main] // snippet-end:[lightsail.php.create_instance.complete] // snippet-sourceauthor:[jschwarzwalder (AWS)]