How to find the created date of the AWS Lightsail Instance? - amazon-web-services

Question

I have like 15 Lightsail instances created on my AWS account and now I wanted to know when these Lightsail instances were created.
The creation date of the Lightsail instances on which date and time these were created. But is not able to find this information from the AWS Lightsail console.

Answer 1

You can use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to retrieve the creation date of your Lightsail instances. The following AWS CLI command will list all of your Lightsail instances and the creation date for each instance:
aws lightsail get-instances --query "instances[*].{Name:name, CreationDate:createdAt}"
This command uses the get-instances command to retrieve information about all of your Lightsail instances, and the --query option to extract the name and creation date of each instance.
Alternatively, you can also retrieve the creation date of a specific Lightsail instance by using the get-instance command and specifying the instance name:
aws lightsail get-instance --instance-name <instance_name> --query "instance.createdAt"
Replace <instance_name> with the name of the Lightsail instance you want to retrieve information for.
Note: The AWS CLI must be installed and configured on your local machine in order to use these commands.
If you haven't already done so, just follow these steps:
1- Install the AWS CLI:
You can install the AWS CLI on your local machine by following the installation instructions for your operating system. You can find the installation instructions at the following URL: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
2- Configure the AWS CLI:
After installing the AWS CLI, you need to configure it with your AWS credentials. You can do this by running the following command:
aws configure
This will prompt you for your AWS access key ID, secret access key, default region name, and default output format. You can find your AWS access keys in the AWS Management Console.
3- Verify the configuration:
To verify that your AWS CLI is configured correctly, you can run the following command:
aws lightsail get-instances
This command should list all of your Lightsail instances in your AWS account.
With the AWS CLI installed and configured, you can now use the AWS CLI commands to retrieve information about your Lightsail instances, including the creation date.
I hope my answer helps you