How to enable SSL on AWS LightSail websites

Hello,

ACM can not be directly used with Lightsail instance. It can be used either with a load balancer or content delivery network (CDN) configuration.

Here are few links which can help

• General guidance for using SSL with Lightsail load balancer or CDN. : https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/understanding-tls-ssl-certificates-in-lightsail-https
• ACM with Load Balancer in Lightsail : https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/lightsail-create-secure-load-balancer
• ACM with CDN : https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/understanding-tls-ssl-certificates-in-lightsail-https
• SSL setup directly on LIghtsail instance without load balancer, CDN or ACM : https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/lightsail-standard-ssl-certificate
• SSL setup on Lighsail bitnami stack : https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/linux-lightsail-ssl-bitnami

I hope this helps.

Another way is to use free SSL using LetsEncrypt, try this tutorial from digital ocean (irony?) https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04

On Lightsail you just need to create static IP and enable HTTP/S port.