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How to do SSL with ACM

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I have a script like so:

#!/bin/bash
awsargs="--region us-east-1"
certs=$(mktemp)
trap "{ rm -f $certs; }" EXIT

if test -z "$1"
then
aws $awsargs acm list-certificates \
| jq '.CertificateSummaryList|sort_by(.DomainName)' > "$certs"
else
aws $awsargs acm list-certificates \
| jq --arg search_string "$1" '[.CertificateSummaryList[]|select(.DomainName | contains($search_string))]' > "$certs"
fi

while read -r arn
do
	aws $awsargs acm describe-certificate --certificate-arn "$arn" | \
	jq '"\(.Certificate.DomainName),\(.Certificate.DomainValidationOptions[1].ValidationMethod),\(.Certificate.CertificateArn)"'
done <<< $(jq -r .[].CertificateArn "$certs")

From here you want to try get rid of email validation style certificate requests!