AWS Certificate Mananger (ACM)
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AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a service provided by AWS that simplifies the management and deployment of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates for your AWS resources. SSL/TLS certificates are essential for securing network communication and establishing trust between clients and servers.
Here’s an overview of the key features and capabilities of AWS Certificate Manager:
Certificate provisioning: ACM allows you to request and obtain public and private SSL/TLS certificates for your domain names. Public certificates are issued by the Amazon Certificate Authority (CA) or partner CAs, while private certificates are issued by your organization’s private CA using the ACM Private CA service.
Certificate renewal: ACM automatically renews managed certificates before they expire, eliminating the need for manual intervention. This helps to maintain continuous security for your applications and reduces downtime caused by expired certificates.
Integration with AWS services: ACM is tightly integrated with other AWS services like Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk, simplifying the process of deploying certificates to these services.
Private Certificate Authority (PCA): ACM Private CA allows you to create and manage your private certificate authority within your organization. You can issue and revoke private certificates, manage their lifecycle, and use them within your applications.
Certificate transparency: ACM provides transparency for public SSL/TLS certificates issued by Amazon’s CA by automatically logging them to public Certificate Transparency (CT) logs, a requirement for many browsers.
Security and compliance: ACM helps to meet compliance requirements by allowing you to control access to certificate management functions using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies. Additionally, ACM supports industry standards and best practices for certificate management.
Cost-effective: ACM offers public SSL/TLS certificates at no additional cost with AWS services, making it a cost-effective solution for securing your applications.