Free SSL Certificates using ACM (AWS Certificate Manager)

Posted on Tue 16 February 2016 in aws • Tagged with aws, ssl, security

2016 may be the year of free SSL, and AWS ACM (AWS Certificate Manager) is a great offering for Cloudfront & ELB users (most web apps).

Not only is it free, but it's also the simplest certificate management platform

  • request a new certificate in minutes
  • no server config needed
  • no certificate , chain or private key management
  • automatic certificate rotation

Here's how to create a certificate and then install it onto your cloudfront distribution.

Requesting a New Certificate

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name \*.mydomain.com --subject-alternative-names  mydomain.com
{
    "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:OOOOOOOOOOOO:certificate/c3d15000-230c-4000-8000-a600000"
}

Activating the Certificate on Cloudfront

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