HTTPS not working with custom domain in Amazon Cloudfront

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I am trying to configure a custom domain from namecheap to serve my cloudfront distribution. I did all steps i am aware of but the https is not working.

What i did:

  1. created cname record for my domain in namecheap: www -> d12312***.cloudfront.net
  2. created and validated amazon certificate from acm (it shows "issued" for www.mysite.info)
  3. Edited my cloudfront distribution, included the domain www.mysite.info to the alternate domains section, selected "custom ssl" and selected the certificate i created from step 2.

Now my domain www.mysite.info/test.jpg does show the image hosted from my cloudfront, but the https is not working, showing "not secure", what's wrong ?

Please, I don't want to use route 53.

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1 Answers

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Nevermind, it worked after a while. Though i struggled with the certificate manager dns verfication. Amazon asks you to put a cname record like:

Name: _220a646ed9c024bb4e8a234d7224ae.www.mysite.com. Type: CNAME Value: _d5983967e8as12f80ae85685bb5ce7.hsdfuiqjoua.acm-validations.aws.

If you put/update the cname records as shown, it won't work, instead, remove the domain name from the name:

_220a646ed9c024bb4e8a234d7224ae.www

and keep the value as it is.

wait 10mins

Hit "continue" in amazon certifcate manager. voila! it shows certificate issued.