I am using AWS and I'm trying to get an SSL Certificate up and running, I have done the following:
Created an instance via EC2 and installed Ubuntu on that instance, all my code is on there and is working with http
Added an A record for my domain via Route 53. All is working there, I am able to goto my domain and see the website that is on Ubuntu.
Created a public SSL Certificate via Amazon Certificate Manager. I added the CNAME to where my domain was hosted, but the status never changed to Success so I added the CNAME via Route 53 where my A record is and I now have a status of Success.
I really don't know what to do next, I tried following the steps here:
https://hackernoon.com/getting-a-free-ssl-certificate-on-aws-a-how-to-guide-6ef29e576d22
But that did not work, can anyone point me in the right direction on what I am suppose to do next? When I try to goto my website with https I get error saying the site cant be reached.
You need to add load balancer listener and target group.Need to create two PATH 80 -> 443 redirection and 443 -> actual target group. 443 listener can have the certificate. (If its validated in ACM). See the attached image.Add Route53 -> Load Balancer. When you load the website it will pic the certificate from load balancer.
Thanks
Ashish
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This is my first time playing around with web development. I'm trying to deploy a simple dockerized Flask application to my domain (example.com).
First, I've deployed the Flask application listening on port 80 of my EC2 instance. All it does is render a frontend on the index path ('/').
I've connected the Cloudfront to https://example.com with a certificate created through ACM.
Next, I created an application load balancer (ALB) on top of the EC2 instance, by adding a listener on port 443 and forwarding traffic to a target group on the EC2 instance instance and port 80.
Within the Cloudfront settings, I have set my the origin as my load balancer through the AWS Cloudfront "add custom origin" settings.
However, once I navigate to either the Cloudfront URL or https://www.example.com, I run into a 502 error.
I've tried several steps to debug including checking the security group of the application load balancer and invalidating Cloudfront cache. I'm also able to view the http:// version of my EC2 instance just fine so I think it is something with the connection between cloudfront and the load balancer. After Googling around, my thought was that this particular 502 error might be an issue with the certificate of the load balancer, since I'm using that same certificate for the cloudfront.
I tried to follow steps to add my load balancer URL (ending in .com) to ACM but got that my certificate status was failed. I was wondering: is this what is going on and how can I issue a free valid certificate for my application load balancer using ACM? There are many sources that say this is possible, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Thanks!
I think I misunderstand the concept of adding ssl protection to my aws ec2 instance with a load balancer!
I have an Ionic app web, ios and android. I want to switch all http requests to https.
What I did:
Purchasing a url with route53
getting certificate with acm
setting up a load balancer like this...
https:443 -> ec2 instance (Here a applied the certificate)
http:80 -> https:443
http:8080 -> https:443
In Hosted Zones I added an A type record that points from my url to the Load balancer.
In my Ionic code I changed the endpoint addresses to https://my-backend-api-url.com/ (Yes I changed the my-backend-url.com in the real url :)
in the web deployment this set up lets me call the backend. But in the ios and android deployments it doesnt work and returns a 0 unknown error.
In the load balancer i can see that the requests from mobile deployments produce client tls negotiation errors.
My Attempt to fix this:
If I understand it right ( and there is a big if) I need a ssl/tls certificate that is in my app build in a certificate folder and i need the same certificate on my load balancer. Since aws ACm certificates only work for other aws services I think I can not use the certificate I created and applied via ACM.
So I think I need an ssl certificate from an ca and tried to get one with:
sudo certbot certonly --apache
When i enter my url it says:
"Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80"
Maybe also helpful to know is that I can access my backend api with the browser but it shows me that its unsecure and certificate is not valid:
Am I on the right track with my approach or did I completely misunderstand something? If my approch is correct what do I have to do that certbot can access port 80.
Any hint, link to a good tutorial, or help in any way is highly appreciated.
I think there is no need to get an ssl certificate from an external provider. You are accessing without ssl your load balancer. Your load balancer is doing the decryption for you. So, just check that your load balancer is in a security group with an open 443-port.
I am trying to add HTTPS connection to the server API I have in elastic beanstalk, using CloudFlare as DNS. Steps I have followed:
Go to AWS certificate manager and create a certificate for *.nameofmydomain.com
Verified the certificate
Created a listener in elastic beanstalk loader section, port 443 and the previously created certificate
Created a CNAME record in cloudflare that points api.nameofmydomain.com to the elastic beanstalk (xxxxx.yyyyy.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com)
When I open the https://xxxxx.yyyyy.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com I get the following error
And when I open the api.nameofmydomain.com I get this
I found the issue, turns out that wildcard ACM certificates in AWS only work for one level, and I was trying to create a domain in that was xxx.yyy.nameofmydomain.com changing it to just one level made it work
I am trying to implement SSL certificate on my EC2 instance which is running a laravel project. I have issued the certificate and it is also in use but when I try https://domainName my browser shows
Unable to connect
I have used:
EC2
Route53
Certificate Manager
Load Balancer
Elastic Beanstalk
This is exactly how I configured my Load Balancer, Then added my DNS Name to Route53.
I didn't know what details should I provide so please do ask for the information.
Check the web service if it is working correctly locally in you ec2 and listen on port 8o, then apply ssl offloading with application load balancer: please check the following example: https://infra.engineer/aws/36-aws-ssl-offloading-with-an-application-load-balancer
I already have a domain, like exmaple.com and I have a simple app running on an ec2 instance.
I've allocated an elastic IP for this instance, and created a zone on route 53, created A record, and also an alias record.
I have updated the nameservers from route53 NS records in GoDaddy domain settings(and I should mention that I've waited 48 hours for ns to be propagated, and that part is fine).
When I ping example.com on my own computer, the DNS Name resolve to the correct IP address.
When I check the elastic IP, it's working and shows my website, but when I check example.com it does not show my app and shows This site can’t be reached:
this is a screenshot of what it shows
I cannot see where's the problem!
Based on the comments.
The issue was due to using https, rather then http. The http connection works. To setup https the following general procedure needs to be undertaken:
Get a public SSL certificate. Since you are using instance, you can't use AWS ACM for that. In this case a popular choice is https://letsencrypt.org/ where you can register free SSL certificate for your domain and its subdomains.
Setup ssl connectivity on your instance. Often this is done by using nginx as a revers proxy. The nginx will provide HTTPS for your instance using the SSL certificates from step 1.
Open port 443 (HTTPS) in your security group.
The alternative is to front your instance with an application load balancer (ALB). Using it, you can easily get free AWS ACM free certificate and deploy it on the ALB. No actions required on your instance in this case.