Summary

Uploading a SSL certificate in AWS is required when setting up a HTTPS load balancer or a cloudfront bucket with HTTPS support. The certificate format required by AWS is likely to differ a little bit from what an SSL provider will give you. This article explains how to convert your SSL certificate into the format expected by AWS

Context

SSL Providers (like GoDaddy) usually provide three things when generating a SSL certificate:

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• Private Key in pem format
• Public Key Certificate in pem format
• Certificate chain in pem format: this is the bundle provided by your provider

Action

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