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Reputation: 113

SSL cert on ELB or EC2?

I have some questions on setting up SSL certs on AWS setup (ELB + EC2)..

  1. Where do I put the SSL cert, on the ELB or EC2 or both?
  2. Depending on the answer to question #1, how do I configure the port forwarding on the ELB, do I do it this way? HTTP Port 80 -> HTTP Port 80 and HTTPS Port 443 -> HTTPS Port 443

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 92

Answers (1)

Vineeth
Vineeth

Reputation: 1032

You can use ELB in one of two ways:

SSL un-encrytpion at the ELB

In this mode, you'll give the ELB the cert and key. It will un-encrypt the request and pass it to your servers unencrypted. The benefit of this is that you can reduce the CPU load of your servers.

The ELB just acts as a passthrough.

The ELB can act as a dumb passthrough. It won't need the cert or key. In order to set it up this way, instead of using the HTTPS option, set it as TCP port.

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Upvotes: 1

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