Certimate SSL TLS Certificate Manager

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

## Why This AMI Over Manual Deployment

Standing up a certificate automation platform by hand means installing the server, wiring a reverse proxy, generating a per-instance administrator credential, and locking down the default account - a process that often leaves an insecure shared login in place. This AMI eliminates that effort: a complete certificate lifecycle manager is running within minutes of launch, fronted by nginx, with a unique administrator password generated automatically on first boot. Unlike a default install that ships the well-known upstream default credential, every instance boots with a fresh, unique password. The platform runs as native systemd services with no container runtime required, simplifying operations on a single instance.

## Application Stack

The certificate automation server is a single self-contained Go binary installed under /opt and run by a dedicated unprivileged service account, bound to loopback so it is never exposed without the proxy. Its embedded database holds all runtime state - accounts, ACME registrations, issued certificates, and deploy-target credentials. An nginx reverse proxy publishes the web console on the standard HTTP port with realtime streaming support, so the full visual workflow editor, certificate views, and settings are available from a browser out of the box.

## Certificate Lifecycle Automation

Request certificates through the ACME protocol from a wide range of certificate authorities including Let's Encrypt, ZeroSSL, Google Trust Services, SSL.com, and Actalis. A visual workflow editor drives issuance, renewal, and deployment as connected steps. Issued certificates are automatically pushed to over 150 hosting targets - Kubernetes ingresses, content delivery networks, web application firewalls, load balancers, object storage, and many more - so a renewed certificate reaches every endpoint without manual copying. Automatic renewal, expiry monitoring, and multi-channel notifications keep certificates current before they lapse.

## Ecosystem Compatibility and AWS Integration

The platform speaks standards-based ACME, so it works with any compliant certificate authority. Deploy targets span major clouds and self-hosted infrastructure, and notifications can be delivered over email and popular messaging channels. Pair the image with Amazon Route 53 for DNS-01 challenge validation and with your existing AWS load balancers, CloudFront distributions, or Amazon EKS clusters as deployment destinations.

## Secure First Boot

On the first boot of your instance, a one-shot service generates a fresh administrator password unique to that instance and initialises a clean database with it before the console is ever reachable. The password is written to a root-only file. No shared or default credentials ship in the image, and the well-known upstream default password is rejected on a launched instance.

## Use Cases

• Centralising certificate issuance and renewal for an entire domain portfolio across dozens or hundreds of endpoints
• Auto-deploying renewed certificates to Kubernetes, CDNs, WAFs, and load balancers without manual intervention
• Replacing brittle renewal cron scripts with a visual, auditable workflow
• Monitoring certificate expiry and alerting teams before anything goes offline
• Eliminating certificate-related outages by ensuring automatic renewal and propagation

## Getting Started

Launch the AMI, retrieve the generated administrator password from the root-only file, and open the web console in your browser. Sign in, connect an ACME certificate authority and one or more deploy targets, and build your first issue-and-deploy workflow. A full user guide is available to walk through the complete setup flow.

## About cloudimg

cloudimg provides production-ready AMIs with 24/7 technical support by email and live chat. Our engineers help with deployment, ACME certificate authority setup, DNS and HTTP challenge configuration, deploy-target integration, workflow design, renewal and expiry monitoring, notifications, and TLS setup for the console.

## Book a Guided Setup Session

Want help designing your certificate automation workflow? Contact our team to schedule a guided setup session where an engineer walks you through first-boot configuration, ACME authority connection, and deploy-target integration tailored to your environment.