3.6.1 Scale the Front End

Lightsail makes it straightforward to create snapshots of your instances with a single click. These snapshots can be used to back up and restore instances, scale up instance sizes, and/or to deploy a new instance.

1. Return to the Lightsail console home page.
2. Next to PHP-fe-1:
   • Click the three dots;
   • Click ‘Manage’
3. From the horizontal menu, click ‘Snapshots’.
4. Click ‘Create snapshot’.
5. Wait for the process to complete before moving forward. This can take up to 5 minutes.
6. To the right of your snapshot:
   • Click the three dots;
   • Click ‘Create new instance’
7. Scroll down to the ‘Identify your instance’ section.
8. Below ‘Identify your instance’:
   • Enter PHP-fe-2
   • Click ‘Create instance’
9. Repeat the previous three steps to create a third front-end instance using your snapshot. Name this new instance PHP-fe-3.
10. Test the public IP address of each of the two newly created front-end instances in your web browser. Notice that the hostname for that particular web front-end instance is listed under your task list, and that it changes based on which instance you visit in your web browser.