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SAA-C03 · Question #659

A solutions architect needs to deploy an application in three AWS Regions by using AWS CloudFormation. Each Region will use an AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment with an Application Load Balancer (ALB)

The correct answer is C. Create a certificate in ACM in each Region. Import the certificate into the ALB for each Region.. AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) certificates are regional resources, meaning an ACM certificate issued in one Region cannot be used in another Region’s resources. Therefore, to enable HTTPS for Application Load Balancers in multiple Regions, you must request or import a separate AC

Submitted by femi9· Mar 4, 2026Design Secure Architectures

Question

A solutions architect needs to deploy an application in three AWS Regions by using AWS CloudFormation. Each Region will use an AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment with an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The solutions architect wants to use AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to deploy SSL certificates to each ALB. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • ACreate a certificate in ACM in any one of the Regions. Import the certificate into the ALB that is in
  • BCreate a global certificate in ACM. Update the CloudFormation template to deploy the global
  • CCreate a certificate in ACM in each Region. Import the certificate into the ALB for each Region.
  • DCreate a certificate in ACM in the us-east-1 Region. Update the CloudFormation template to

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  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    93% (50)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) certificates are regional resources, meaning an ACM certificate issued in one Region cannot be used in another Region’s resources. Therefore, to enable HTTPS for Application Load Balancers in multiple Regions, you must request or import a separate ACM certificate in each Region and associate it with the corresponding ALB. This ensures secure, region-specific SSL/TLS termination for each Elastic Beanstalk environment.

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