This document discusses Amazon Lightsail, a new AWS service that provides simple and low-cost virtual private servers. Lightsail allows users to launch instances starting at $5 per month, with pricing models similar to traditional VPS plans. It aims to simplify deploying and managing VMs by removing complexities of other AWS services like EC2. Lightsail can be controlled via command line interface or API and supports actions like creating/managing instances, storage volumes, snapshots, and networking.