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

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