{"id":76193,"date":"2020-10-21T06:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/?p=76193"},"modified":"2021-07-23T06:26:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T11:56:50","slug":"provision-and-deploy-ssl-tls-certificates-using-acm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/provision-and-deploy-ssl-tls-certificates-using-acm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Provision and Deploy SSL\/TLS Certificates Using ACM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for a detailed, step-by-step guide on how to provision and deploy SSL\/TLS certificates using ACM? You’ve reached the destination!<\/em><\/p>\n

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a service that enables you to establish your website\u2019s identity and secure network communications. This is because ACM allows you to provision, manage, and deploy Transport Layer Security (TLS)\/ Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for public and private data on the cloud. With ACM, you eliminate the hassle of having to purchase\/upload and renew SSL\/TLS certificates manually. The manager quickly and efficiently requests a certificate, deploy it on AWS resources, and handles the renewal of certificates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While it reduces the time and effort required to acquire SSL\/TLS certificates for your cloud-based application\/website, using ACM and its public integrated services are free. Your only expenses arise from the AWS resources you use when running the application. Services that are integrated with ACM include Elastic Load Balancing<\/a>, Amazon CloudFront<\/a>, and API Gateways<\/a>. With the ACM Private Certificate Authority, you can provision private certificates for internal compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to Provision and Deploy SSL\/TLS Certificates Using ACM<\/span><\/h2>\n

As mentioned above, the AWS Certificate Manager allows you to provision and deploy SSL\/TLS certificates so you can establish your website’s identity and secure network communications. Here is the detailed guide on how to provision and deploy SSL\/TLS certificates using ACM.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Use your Amazon Account Credentials to Log in to the AWS Homepage. If you are new to Amazon Web Services, you can sign up for a free-tier AWS account. This gives you free 1-year access to most of AWS Services and Resources and is perfect for personal projects. Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> to sign up.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0 On the <\/span>AWS Homepage, <\/b>under <\/span>My Account, <\/b>click on the <\/span>AWS Management Console<\/b> to access the Amazon services dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part 1: Provisioning your Certificate<\/span><\/h3>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> Next, you will be directed to the AWS services dashboard. This is where you access all Amazon Web Services resources you can use for your projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the <\/span>Security, Identity & Compliance <\/i><\/b>category, click the <\/span>Certificate Manager <\/b>to access the AWS Certificate Manager tool.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Quick Tip: <\/b>Amazon\u2019s ACM was designed to automate all tasks associated with the renewal, deployment, and provisioning of SSL\/TLS certificates. You can, therefore, use it to secure your application\/website, achieve compliance with legislative standards, to improve your data availability and to secure your firm\u2019s internal resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow the steps below to import your SSL\/TLS for more secure, responsive, and automated cloud-based applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Clicking on Certificate Manager in the services dashboard takes you to the ACM Console, where you can provision, deploy, and manage your SSL\/TLS certificates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once in the AWS Certificate Manager Console, click on <\/span>Get started.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Step 5:<\/strong> When it comes to provisioning certificates, you have two options.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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