Making a Node JS web app use https via Elastic Beanstalk and Certificate Manager?

Question

I'm pretty new to AWS, but I hosted my MERN stack application via Elastic Beanstalk and added in the SSL certificate to the classic load balancer.

The steps I took are below:-

1) Successfully launch MERN Stack application via Elastic Beanstalk

2) Issue an SSL certificate with Certificate Manager

3) Add an SSL port at 443 to my Classic Load Balancer

I found all of these instructions via this blog and found similar(the same) advice on the aws docs as well, but my site is still insecure..

Any pointers on what I may be missing out? I was looking into configuring things with .ebextensions, but I'm scared of breaking things irrevocably because the site is currently live.

Thanks a ton for your help!

What happens if access your site with https:// instead of http:// ? — Bogdan Stoica
– Bogdan Stoica, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 6:03
Oh cool, it works! For ashcodes.com, it works, but for ashcodes.com I get a not secure message — Ashish Dommety
– Ashish Dommety, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 6:06
I have two ssl certificates registered (one for www.ashcodes.com and ashcodes.com, while the other uses a wildcard, aka *.ashcodes.com) but the one with the wildcard is connected to the load balancer — Ashish Dommety
– Ashish Dommety, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 6:07
As long as you have a wildcard ssl you can use that anywhere; no need to use separate certificates; since it works you need to find a way to redirect http traffic to https — Bogdan Stoica
– Bogdan Stoica, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 6:09
gotcha, thanks a bunch for pointing that out! would I need to use aliases to do this? — Ashish Dommety
– Ashish Dommety, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 6:12

Bogdan Stoica · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 06:16:01Z

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Most probably SSL has been enabled but you’re still accessing your website via http://. Try to access it with https:// and most probably it will work. If that’s the case, you need to redirect your HTTP traffic to HTTPS

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 6:16

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