Introduction
Every website need an SSL/TLS Certificate! Without them our credit/debit cards can be HACKED including our passwords. SSL/TLS Certificates help protect websites from hackers viewing our personal information.
Creating an SSL Certificate
To begin you must have a AWS account.
- Go to your AWS Management Console.
- Next search up at the top search bar "
Certificate Manager". - Press enter and you will the following:
- We need to Provision a Certificate so we will click the left option.
- Now click the blue button, "Request a certificate" since we will be making one.
- Once clicked you will see the following:
- In the text box type in your domain name. I recommend getting a root certificate. To request type "
domain-name.com" - You can add more domains if you want but I will just continue by pressing "
Next". - Now we need to prove we own the domain. The options are DNS Record validation or Email Validation. I say DNS Record validation is the easiest by far. So just click "
Next" and we will move on. - Skip the tags but if you want then add some.
- Now you will have a review of the domain(s) and type of verification. If everything is good then its time to create our SSL Certificate! Press "
Confirm and Request". - The DNS Record we need to make is a
CNAMErecord. Go to the place you make your DNS Records for the domain. Copy the name and value into your DNS Zone and wait 1-5 minutes. - Once you made the records press "
Continue". - Once its is issued we can finally use it on AWS Services like on Cloudfront and MORE!
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