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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