Node Lambda Lets-Encrypt

Use AWS Lambda to manage SSL certificates for Lets-Encrypt.

How does it work?

This project utilizes AWS Lambda to periodically (once per day) check a set of certificates for expiration, and then if they're about to expire or invalid/missing, it will request a new certificate from the Lets-Encrypt infrastructure.

Certificates are stored in S3, which can easily be configured to send an SNS notification based upon a PUT event into the configured bucket.

Project status

Please see the roadmap for a sorted list of upcoming features by priority.

AWS Configuration

This project requires a little configuration to be used in AWS.

General configuration

Modify the configuration file with the values needed for your environment:

Variable	Description
acme-directory-url	Change to production url - https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org if ready for real certificate.
acme-account-email	Email of user requesting certificate.
s3-account-bucket	An S3 bucket to place account keys/config data into. You will need to create this bucket and assign the IAM role to read/write.
s3-cert-bucket	An S3 bucket to place domain certificate data into. You will need to create this bucket and assign the IAM role to read/write.
s3-folder	A folder within the above buckets to place the files under, in case there are other contents of these buckets.
certificate-info	Object containing certificate information mapping certificate names to domains.

Execution

Follow these steps to get started:

1. Git-clone this repository.

    $ git clone git@github.com:ocelotconsulting/node-letsencrypt-lambda.git
   

2. Modify configuration (as above).

3. Create S3 buckets, IAM role, then test locally:

    $ npm run local-cert
   

4. Package lambda zip:

    $ npm run dist
   

5. Create lambda by uploading zip, set the handler to "app.handler", and establish your desired trigger (i.e. periodic).

Optional: You can write your certificates to a PEM file by executing:

    $ npm run pems

certificate-info field of configuration file

• Certificate names are keys of JSON object, denoting sets of sub/domains to use as SAN names in certificate.
• Value of certificate name keys is array of sub/domains, which can contain either:
  • a string (default, looks for route53 hosted zone with 2 levels)
  • or an object, with both name and zoneLevels defined, allowing hosted zones at levels greater than 2 (i.e. host.at.longer.domain.com could specify 4 zone levels, which would require proper NS records in parent Route53 hosted zone or other DNS).