Issuing SSL/TLS certificate to Kubernetes cluster using CloudFront and AWS Certificate Manager

In this article, we will issue an SSL/TSL certificate to the cluster using CloudFront and AWS Certificate Manager. We will create a CloudFront distribution. When we cteate CloudFront distribution, we will select an AWS Certificate Manager’s certificate and Kubernetes cluster’s Load balancer in AWS CloudFront in order to assign a certificate to the cluster. Then we will create an “A” record for the application’s domain name and use the Cloudfront distribution’s ID in “A” record. Thus, we will be able to provide a secure connection to our application on the Internet. We will do it all step by step.

Topics we will cover:

1. What is AWS CloudFront?

2. Creating a CloudFront Distribution

3. Creating an “A” record

4. Observing the output in the browser