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AWS::CloudFront::Distribution ViewerCertificate

A complex type that specifies the following:

Whether you want viewers to use HTTP or HTTPS to request your objects.
If you want viewers to use HTTPS, whether you're using an alternate domain name such as example.com or the CloudFront domain name for your distribution, such as d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net.
If you're using an alternate domain name, whether AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) provided the certificate, or you purchased a certificate from a third-party certificate authority and imported it into ACM or uploaded it to the IAM certificate store.

Specify only one of the following values:

For more information, see Using Alternate Domain Names and HTTPS in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON


{
  "AcmCertificateArn" : String,
  "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate" : Boolean,
  "IamCertificateId" : String,
  "MinimumProtocolVersion" : String,
  "SslSupportMethod" : String
}

YAML


  AcmCertificateArn: String
  CloudFrontDefaultCertificate: Boolean
  IamCertificateId: String
  MinimumProtocolVersion: String
  SslSupportMethod: String

Properties

AcmCertificateArn

If you want viewers to use HTTPS to request your objects and you're using an alternate domain name, you must choose the type of certificate that you want to use. Specify the following value if ACM provided your certificate:

<ACMCertificateArn>certificat_ARN<ACMCertificateArn>

where certificat_ARN is the ARN for the ACM SSL/TLS certificate that you want to use for this distribution.

If you specify ACMCertificateArn, you must also specify a value for SSLSupportMethod.

Note

If you're using AWS CloudFormation, be aware that you must use AcmCertificateArn instead of ACMCertificateArn (note the difference in capitalization) because of how the CloudFormation model is specified.

Required: Conditional

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

CloudFrontDefaultCertificate

If you're using the CloudFront domain name for your distribution, such as d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net, specify the following value:

<CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>true<CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>

Required: Conditional

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

IamCertificateId

<IAMCertificateId>certificate_ID<IAMCertificateId>

where certificate_ID is the ID that IAM returned when you added the certificate to the IAM certificate store.

If you specify IAMCertificateId, you must also specify a value for SSLSupportMethod.

Note

If you're using AWS CloudFormation, be aware that you must use IamCertificateId instead of IAMCertificateId (note the difference in capitalization) because of how the CloudFormation model is specified.

Required: Conditional

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

MinimumProtocolVersion

Specify the security policy that you want CloudFront to use for HTTPS connections. A security policy determines two settings:

The minimum SSL/TLS protocol that CloudFront uses to communicate with viewers
The cipher that CloudFront uses to encrypt the content that it returns to viewers

Note

On the CloudFront console, this setting is called Security policy.

We recommend that you specify TLSv1.1_2016 unless your users are using browsers or devices that do not support TLSv1.1 or later.

When both of the following are true, you must specify TLSv1 or later for the security policy:

You're using a custom certificate: you specified a value for ACMCertificateArn or for IAMCertificateId
You're using SNI: you specified sni-only for SSLSupportMethod

If you specify true for CloudFrontDefaultCertificate, CloudFront automatically sets the security policy to TLSv1 regardless of the value that you specify for MinimumProtocolVersion.

For information about the relationship between the security policy that you choose and the protocols and ciphers that CloudFront uses to communicate with viewers, see Supported SSL/TLS Protocols and Ciphers for Communication Between Viewers and CloudFront in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Required: No

Type: String

Allowed Values: SSLv3 | TLSv1 | TLSv1.1_2016 | TLSv1.2_2018 | TLSv1_2016

Update requires: No interruption

SslSupportMethod

If you specify a value for ACMCertificateArn or for IAMCertificateId, you must also specify how you want CloudFront to serve HTTPS requests: using a method that works for browsers and clients released after 2010 or one that works for all clients.

sni-only: CloudFront can respond to HTTPS requests from viewers that support Server Name Indication (SNI). All modern browsers support SNI, but there are a few that don't. For a current list of the browsers that support SNI, see the Wikipedia entry Server Name Indication. To learn about options to explore if you have users with browsers that don't include SNI support, see Choosing How CloudFront Serves HTTPS Requests in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.
vip: CloudFront uses dedicated IP addresses for your content and can respond to HTTPS requests from any viewer. However, there are additional monthly charges. For details, including specific pricing information, see Custom SSL options for Amazon CloudFront on the AWS marketing site.

Don't specify a value for SSLSupportMethod if you specified <CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>true<CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>.

Note

If you're using AWS CloudFormation, be aware that you must use SslSupportMethod instead of SSLSupportMethod (note the difference in capitalization) because of how the CloudFormation model is specified.

For more information, see Choosing How CloudFront Serves HTTPS Requests in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Required: Conditional

Type: String

Allowed Values: sni-only | vip

Update requires: No interruption

AWS::CloudFront::Distribution ViewerCertificate

Syntax

JSON

YAML

Properties

See Also