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AWS Request Domain Renewal

Occassionally, AWS requires validation of your domain via email message. Here’s the command to send a request.

aws acm resend-validation-email \
--certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:xxxxxxxxxxxx:certificate/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx \
--domain yourdomain.com \
--validation-domain yourdomain.com
 
aws acm resend-validation-email \
--certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:xxxxxxxxxxxx:certificate/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx \
--domain www.yourdomain.com \
--validation-domain yourdomain.com

You will need acm:ResendValidationEmail permission to run the command.

Certbot AWS Renewals

Here are the instructions for renewing Certbot SSL certificates in AWS Certificate Manager. Certbot provides SSL certificates for free for 60 days and are auto-renewed before they expire. If you are using Certbot SSL certificates with CloudFront, you will need to reimport them to AWS Certificate Manager before expiration.

  1. Get the latest SSL certificate by running “certbot certificates.”
  2. Reimport the certificate in 3 parts.
    • Certificate Body – the root or top portion of the full chain
    • Certificate Private key – the private key
    • Certificate chain – the entire full chain containing multiple certificates
  3. Click Save. Check expiration.

You’ll need to update the certificate before the next expiration date.