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SOA-C02 · Question #676

A company is hosting a public website on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The company needs the website to support HTTPS connections. Which solution will meet this…

The correct answer is B. Use AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to issue a public SSL/TLS certificate. Configure the ALB to. To enable HTTPS connections on a website hosted behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB), 1. Use AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to issue a public SSL/TLS certificate. 2. Associate the SSL/TLS certificate with the ALB by configuring a listener on port 443 (HTTPS). 3. The ALB…

Submitted by olafpl· Mar 30, 2026Security and Compliance

Question

A company is hosting a public website on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The company needs the website to support HTTPS connections. Which solution will meet this requirement?

Options

  • AReplace the ALB with a Network Load Balancer.
  • BUse AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to issue a public SSL/TLS certificate. Configure the ALB to
  • CImport a public SSL/TLS certificate into AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS). Configure
  • DAttach a public SSL/TLS certificate to the target group that is associated with the ALB.

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    79% (26)
  • C
    12% (4)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

To enable HTTPS connections on a website hosted behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB), 1. Use AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to issue a public SSL/TLS certificate. 2. Associate the SSL/TLS certificate with the ALB by configuring a listener on port 443 (HTTPS). 3. The ALB will terminate SSL/TLS connections and forward the traffic to the backend EC2 instances over HTTP or HTTPS as required.

Topics

#SSL/TLS certificates#ACM#Application Load Balancer#HTTPS

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