Lightsail Containers, SSL Certificates, and Subdomains Inquiries

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I have two containers that I use for the backend and frontend parts of my application.

I want to assign my domain, which I purchased from another platform, to these containers, but initially, it's asking me to create an SSL/TLS certificate. Is creating this certificate a paid service, and what is the pricing for it? Can I use the SSL certificate I obtained from another platform in my container? When assigning a subdomain to a container, there is no static IP, what should I use instead?

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What you need is a Load Balancer. On the Domain hosted outside your AWS environment, you can configure a DNS records to point to the Load Balancer. Traffic will be like: (Domain) -> (Load Balancer) -> (Lightsail Containers)

You can also explore AWS Certificate manager (ACM). ACM is a service that can help you create SSL certificates for free. You can install a certificate created using ACM on your load balancer on your port listener.

Here are some useful articles to get you started: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/lightsail-add-application-load-balancer https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/listener-update-certificates.html

answered 7 months ago
  • I transferred my domain to AWS from the Domains & DNS section in AWS LightSail. Why should I use Loadbalancer? After that, can't I use the domain I transferred from the custom domain tab in the containers section? And is the SSL definition in this custom domain tab free?

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Hello,

The following documentation includes steps for configuring your container service with a custom domain and SSL/TLS certificate:

Here is one callout from the documentation about the pre-requisites for configuring a custom domain for your container service:

If you have no certificates, then you must first create and validate an SSL/TLS certificate for your domains, before you can attach it to your container service.

To use a custom domain with your Lightsail container service, the certificate for the domain must be managed in Lightsail.

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jscta
answered 7 months ago
  • I created and used TSL/SSL before creating a custom domain for the container, but I could not find information about its pricing. Is it free to do this?

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