hpeixoto-letsencrypt-route53 0.1.3

Route53 plugin for Let's Encrypt client

## Route53 plugin for Let’s Encrypt client

### Before you start

It’s expected that the root hosted zone for the domain in question already exists in your account.

### Setup

1. Install the letsencrypt client [https://letsencrypt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/using.html#installation](https://letsencrypt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/using.html#installation)

` pip install letsencrypt `

1. Install the letsencrypt-route53 plugin

` pip install letsencrypt-route53 `

### How to use it

To generate a certificate and install it in a CloudFront distribution: ` AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="your_key" \ AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="your_secret" \ letsencrypt --agree-tos -a letsencrypt-route53:auth \ -d the_domain `

Follow the screen prompts and you should end up with the certificate in your distribution. It may take a couple minutes to update.

To automate the renewal process without prompts (for example, with a monthly cron), you can add the letsencrypt parameters –renew-by-default –text