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4.1 AWS Certificate Manager and Amazon CloudFront in Console

Review and ensure that you have setup your development environment before going through the steps below.

Create a Digital Certificate in AWS Certificate Manager

1. Go to the ACM Console.
2. Click on Get Started.
3. Select the Request a public certificate radio button and click the Request a certificate button.
4. In the Add domain names section, enter * followed by the name of the domain you own (for example, I am entering *.encryptaws.com. Yours will be different) in the Domain name field.
5. Click the Next button.
6. On the Select validation method page, choose the DNS validation option and click Review.
7. On the Review page, review your settings and click the Confirm and request button.
8. On the Validation page, expand the Domain section and click the Create record in Route 53 button. Then click the Create button.
9. Once the DNS Record indicates Success, click the Continue button.
10. Review your ACM Certificate Configuration on the Certificates page.

Create an Amazon CloudFront Distribution

1. Go to the CloudFront Console.