Self Signed SSL Certificate for AWS Application Load Balancer

self_signed_ssl_aws_alb.md

Self Signed SSL Certificate for AWS ALB

1. Generate private key

   $> openssl genrsa 2048 > my-private-key.pem

2. Generate certificate using private key, you will be prompted to fill some fields. Fill required fields randomly, except for Common Name fill it with *.amazonaws.com or your valid domain name

   $> openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha256 -days 365 -key my-private-key.pem -outform PEM -out my-certificate.pem

3. Upload certificate & its private key to Amazon Certificate Manager

   $> aws acm import-certificate --certificate file://my-certificate.pem --private-key file://my-private-key.pem

4. Certificate should now show up in AWS Console for ALB

Thanks!