AWS Elastic Beanstalk -- Let's Encrypt for load-balanced environments

01_createfiles.config

files:

  "/home/ec2-user/set_env.sh":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      instance_id=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
      region=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | grep region | awk -F\" '{print $4}')
      ebenvname=$(aws --output text ec2 describe-tags --region $region --filters "Name=resource-id,Values=${instance_id}" "Name=key,Values=elasticbeanstalk:environment-name" | awk '{print $5}')
      elbname=$(aws elasticbeanstalk describe-environment-resources --region $region --environment-name $ebenvname | jq -r '.EnvironmentResources.LoadBalancers[0].Name')
      sgname=$(aws elb describe-load-balancers --region $region --load-balancer-name $elbname | jq -r '.LoadBalancerDescriptions[0].SourceSecurityGroup.GroupName')
      echo "export LB_NAME=$elbname" > /etc/environment
      echo "export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=$region" >> /etc/environment
      echo "export SG_NAME=$sgname" >> /etc/environment
  "/home/ec2-user/execute_letsencrypt.sh":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      . /etc/environment
      FIND_VALID_CERT=$(aws acm list-certificates --certificate-statuses ISSUED | grep "$CERTDOMAIN" -B 1)
      if [[ ! -z $FIND_VALID_CERT ]]; then
          NEW_CERT_ARN=$(echo "$FIND_VALID_CERT" | grep CertificateArn | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d ,\")
      else
          CERT_FILE="/etc/letsencrypt/live/$CERTDOMAIN/fullchain.pem"
          while( ! curl -s $CERTDOMAIN > /dev/null ); do sleep 5; done
          ./certbot-auto certonly --debug --non-interactive --email [email protected] --agree-tos --webroot --webroot-path /usr/share/nginx/html --domains ${CERTDOMAIN} --keep-until-expiring
          CERT_RES=$(aws acm import-certificate \
              --certificate file:///etc/letsencrypt/live/$CERTDOMAIN/cert.pem \
              --private-key file:///etc/letsencrypt/live/$CERTDOMAIN/privkey.pem \
              --certificate-chain file:///etc/letsencrypt/live/$CERTDOMAIN/chain.pem \
              --output json
          )
          echo $CERT_RES
          NEW_CERT_ARN=$(echo $CERT_RES | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print(obj["CertificateArn"])')
      fi
      aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-name $SG_NAME --protocol tcp --port 443 --cidr 0.0.0.0/0
      aws elb create-load-balancer-listeners --load-balancer-name "$LB_NAME" \
        --listeners "Protocol=HTTPS,LoadBalancerPort=443,InstanceProtocol=HTTP,InstancePort=80,SSLCertificateId=${NEW_CERT_ARN}" || \
      aws elb set-load-balancer-listener-ssl-certificate \
          --load-balancer-name $LB_NAME \
          --load-balancer-port 443 \
          --ssl-certificate-id $NEW_CERT_ARN

      exit 0

  "/home/ec2-user/disable_health.sh":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      . /etc/environment
      aws elb configure-health-check \
        --load-balancer-name $LB_NAME \
        --health-check Target=HTTP:80/,Interval=10,UnhealthyThreshold=5,HealthyThreshold=3,Timeout=5 && \
        sleep 15
  "/home/ec2-user/enable_health.sh":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      . /etc/environment
      aws elb configure-health-check \
        --load-balancer-name $LB_NAME \
        --health-check Target=HTTP:80/health,Interval=10,UnhealthyThreshold=5,HealthyThreshold=3,Timeout=5

02_getcert.config

container_commands:
  10installcertbot:
    command: "sudo wget https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto;chmod a+x certbot-auto"
  20fixyum:
    command: "yum install -y jq"
  21getloadbalance:
    command: "/bin/bash /home/ec2-user/set_env.sh"
  22runnginx:
    command: "service nginx start"
  23disablehealth:
    command: "/bin/bash /home/ec2-user/disable_health.sh"
  30getcertwebrootmode:
    command: "/bin/bash /home/ec2-user/execute_letsencrypt.sh"
  40link:
    command: "sudo ln -sf /etc/letsencrypt/live/${CERTDOMAIN} /etc/letsencrypt/live/ebcert"
    test: "[[ -f /etc/letsencrypt/live/${CERTDOMAIN} ]]"
  50enablehealth:
    command: "/bin/bash /home/ec2-user/enable_health.sh"

instructions

1. Set the CERTDOMAIN env variable for your environment
2. Check the /home/ec2-user/enable_health.sh file - I'm switching to /health cause it used with Spring app. 
3. Upload everything to .ebextensions folder inside your project.

Keep in mind that AWS Certificate Manager has limited to 100 certificates at all and 200 certificate uploads per year.