<p>Starts a specific Amazon Lightsail instance from a stopped state. To restart an instance, use the <code>reboot instance</code> operation.</p> <note> <p>When you start a stopped instance, Lightsail assigns a new public IP address to the instance. To use the same IP address after stopping and starting an instance, create a static IP address and attach it to the instance. For more information, see the <a href="https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/lightsail-create-static-ip">Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide</a>.</p> </note> <p>The <code>start instance</code> operation supports tag-based access control via resource tags applied to the resource identified by <code>instance name</code>. For more information, see the <a href="https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-controlling-access-using-tags">Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide</a>.</p>

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