How to convert http to https api url deployed in aws

Question

I have deployed the python flask based app in aws. It is running fine on http://<ip>. I need to convert this to https. I have sent request for admin to enable port 443 for https. Will that automatically make my app to https or do I need to install or setup something else to make it happen. Please help. Thanks

Answer 1

You have multiple choices for this;

Use ACM (Easiest?!):

if you're using AWS loadbalancers, you can create a certificate using ACM service and assign it to your loadbalancer and modify your Target Groups in EC2 panel.

If you are using cloudfront, you can also configure your SSL/TLS there. (Not changing the loadbalancer and target groups). It will work as an upper layer.

Use other certificate providers excluding AWS ACM:

You can setup something like Lets Encrypt or use Cloudflare services.

Note: it really depends on how your cloud stack currently is, you maybe be only deploying on EC2 Server and having Nginx configured and having everything else done outside of AWS with other services or you can have Lets Encrypt certificate on your ALB. This post just gives you some keywords, you can search and see exact instruction/tutorial for every solutions.