# Operation
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Describes the API operation.

## Contents
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 ** createdAt **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-createdAt"></a>
The timestamp when the operation was initialized (`1479816991.349`).  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** errorCode **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-errorCode"></a>
The error code.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** errorDetails **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-errorDetails"></a>
The error details.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** id **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-id"></a>
The ID of the operation.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: No

 ** isTerminal **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-isTerminal"></a>
A Boolean value indicating whether the operation is terminal.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** location **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-location"></a>
The AWS Region and Availability Zone.  
Type: [ResourceLocation](API_ResourceLocation.md) object  
Required: No

 ** operationDetails **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-operationDetails"></a>
Details about the operation (`Debian-1GB-Ohio-1`).  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** operationType **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-operationType"></a>
The type of operation.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `DeleteKnownHostKeys | DeleteInstance | CreateInstance | StopInstance | StartInstance | RebootInstance | OpenInstancePublicPorts | PutInstancePublicPorts | CloseInstancePublicPorts | AllocateStaticIp | ReleaseStaticIp | AttachStaticIp | DetachStaticIp | UpdateDomainEntry | DeleteDomainEntry | CreateDomain | DeleteDomain | CreateInstanceSnapshot | DeleteInstanceSnapshot | CreateInstancesFromSnapshot | CreateLoadBalancer | DeleteLoadBalancer | AttachInstancesToLoadBalancer | DetachInstancesFromLoadBalancer | UpdateLoadBalancerAttribute | CreateLoadBalancerTlsCertificate | DeleteLoadBalancerTlsCertificate | AttachLoadBalancerTlsCertificate | CreateDisk | DeleteDisk | AttachDisk | DetachDisk | CreateDiskSnapshot | DeleteDiskSnapshot | CreateDiskFromSnapshot | CreateRelationalDatabase | UpdateRelationalDatabase | DeleteRelationalDatabase | CreateRelationalDatabaseFromSnapshot | CreateRelationalDatabaseSnapshot | DeleteRelationalDatabaseSnapshot | UpdateRelationalDatabaseParameters | StartRelationalDatabase | RebootRelationalDatabase | StopRelationalDatabase | EnableAddOn | DisableAddOn | PutAlarm | GetAlarms | DeleteAlarm | TestAlarm | CreateContactMethod | GetContactMethods | SendContactMethodVerification | DeleteContactMethod | CreateDistribution | UpdateDistribution | DeleteDistribution | ResetDistributionCache | AttachCertificateToDistribution | DetachCertificateFromDistribution | UpdateDistributionBundle | SetIpAddressType | CreateCertificate | DeleteCertificate | CreateContainerService | UpdateContainerService | DeleteContainerService | CreateContainerServiceDeployment | CreateContainerServiceRegistryLogin | RegisterContainerImage | DeleteContainerImage | CreateBucket | DeleteBucket | CreateBucketAccessKey | DeleteBucketAccessKey | UpdateBucketBundle | UpdateBucket | SetResourceAccessForBucket | UpdateInstanceMetadataOptions | StartGUISession | StopGUISession | SetupInstanceHttps`   
Required: No

 ** resourceName **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-resourceName"></a>
The resource name.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `\w[\w\-]*\w`   
Required: No

 ** resourceType **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-resourceType"></a>
The resource type.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ContainerService | Instance | StaticIp | KeyPair | InstanceSnapshot | Domain | PeeredVpc | LoadBalancer | LoadBalancerTlsCertificate | Disk | DiskSnapshot | RelationalDatabase | RelationalDatabaseSnapshot | ExportSnapshotRecord | CloudFormationStackRecord | Alarm | ContactMethod | Distribution | Certificate | Bucket`   
Required: No

 ** status **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-status"></a>
The status of the operation.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `NotStarted | Started | Failed | Completed | Succeeded`   
Required: No

 ** statusChangedAt **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Operation-statusChangedAt"></a>
The timestamp when the status was changed (`1479816991.349`).  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/lightsail-2016-11-28/Operation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/lightsail-2016-11-28/Operation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/lightsail-2016-11-28/Operation)