Why AWS Lightsail for Valkyr Services?

This is a great, easy and approachable way to get started for very little upfront cost.

Will it limit my options going forwards?

Not at all. The executable web application spring boot jar files will execute flawlessly on any modern Java-powered system.

The robust Typescript code will run anywhere including Apache and nginx Http servers.

What are the setup steps to get this going?

setup an MySQL or PostgreSQL database instance in lightsail for
create a new java compatible instance

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Setting up Apache and ValkyrAI on the Instance

Setup Apache to serve the Front End and proxy the REST api

After making the changes, restart apache.

bitnami@valkyrlabs:/$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

Setup System Services to Launch the Backend

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/valkyrai.service

...

--spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://ls-8ee50fe55eacc4884310f11919fc27eabb42aee7.cjbdbnvzknle.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/jamroom

...

then start the service...

bitnami@valkyrlabs:/$ sudo systemctl start valkyrai.service

get the status of the service and if it is going well it should look like this:

bitnami@valkyrlabs:~/stack/apache/conf$ sudo systemctl status valkyrai.service
● valkyrai.service - ValkyrAI v1 API
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/valkyrai.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-10-08 21:49:01 UTC; 2s ago
   Main PID: 93169 (java)
      Tasks: 14 (limit: 1107)
     Memory: 56.9M
        CPU: 3.847s
     CGroup: /system.slice/valkyrai.service
             └─93169 /usr/bin/java -jar /home/bitnami/ValkyrAI/valkyrai-api-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

Oct 08 21:49:01 valkyrlabs.com systemd[1]: Started valkyrai.service - ValkyrAI v1 API.
bitnami@valkyrlabs:~/stack/apache/conf$

you'll need to setup your new instance wiht your DNS namespace

sudo hostname vai.yourcom.co

sudo /opt/bitnami/bncert-tool

Very tidy :) !