Use RequestCertificate with an AWS SDK or CLI

//! Request an AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) certificate.
/*!
  \param domainName: A fully qualified domain name.
  \param idempotencyToken: Customer chosen string for idempotency.
  \param clientConfiguration: AWS client configuration.
  \return bool: Function succeeded.
 */
bool AwsDoc::ACM::requestCertificate(const Aws::String &domainName,
                                     const Aws::String &idempotencyToken,
                                     const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfiguration) {
    Aws::ACM::ACMClient acmClient(clientConfiguration);

    Aws::ACM::Model::RequestCertificateRequest request;
    request.WithDomainName(domainName)
            .WithIdempotencyToken(idempotencyToken);

    Aws::ACM::Model::RequestCertificateOutcome outcome =
            acmClient.RequestCertificate(request);

    if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cerr << "RequestCertificate error: " <<
                  outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;

        return false;
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Success: The newly requested certificate's "
                     "ARN is '" <<
                  outcome.GetResult().GetCertificateArn() <<
                  "'." << std::endl;

        return true;
    }
}

To request a new ACM certificate

The following request-certificate command requests a new certificate for the www.example.com domain using DNS validation:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name www.example.com --validation-method DNS

You can enter an idempotency token to distinguish between calls to request-certificate:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name www.example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q

You can enter one or more subject alternative names to request a certificate that will protect more than one apex domain:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q --subject-alternative-names www.example.net

You can enter an alternative name that can also be used to reach your website:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q --subject-alternative-names www.example.com

You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to create a certificate for several subdomains in the same domain:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --idempotency-token 91adc45q --subject-alternative-names *.example.com

You can also enter multiple alternative names:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method DNS --subject-alternative-names b.example.com c.example.com d.example.com

If you are using email for validation, you can enter domain validation options to specify the domain to which the validation email will be sent:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name example.com --validation-method EMAIL --subject-alternative-names www.example.com --domain-validation-options DomainName=example.com,ValidationDomain=example.com

The following command opts out of certificate transparency logging when you request a new certificate:

aws acm request-certificate --domain-name www.example.com --validation-method DNS --options CertificateTransparencyLoggingPreference=DISABLED --idempotency-token 184627

Example 1: Creates a new certificate. The service returns the ARN of the new certificate.

New-ACMCertificate -DomainName "www.example.com"

Output:

arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012

Example 2: Creates a new certificate. The service returns the ARN of the new certificate.

New-ACMCertificate -DomainName "www.example.com" -SubjectAlternativeName "example.com","www.example.net"

Output:

arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012

class AcmCertificate:
    """
    Encapsulates ACM functions.
    """

    def __init__(self, acm_client):
        """
        :param acm_client: A Boto3 ACM client.
        """
        self.acm_client = acm_client


    def request_validation(
        self, domain, alternate_domains, method, validation_domains=None
    ):
        """
        Starts a validation request that results in a new certificate being issued
        by ACM. DNS validation requires that you add CNAME records to your DNS
        provider. Email validation sends email to a list of email addresses that
        are associated with the domain.

        For more information, see _Issuing and managing certificates_ in the ACM
        user guide.
            https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/userguide/gs.html

        :param domain: The primary domain to associate with the certificate.
        :param alternate_domains: Subject Alternate Names (SANs) for the certificate.
        :param method: The validation method, either DNS or EMAIL.
        :param validation_domains: Alternate domains to use for email validation, when
                                   the email domain differs from the primary domain of
                                   the certificate.
        :return: The ARN of the requested certificate.
        """
        try:
            kwargs = {
                "DomainName": domain,
                "ValidationMethod": method,
                "SubjectAlternativeNames": alternate_domains,
            }
            if validation_domains is not None:
                kwargs["DomainValidationOptions"] = [
                    {"DomainName": key, "ValidationDomain": value}
                    for key, value in validation_domains.items()
                ]
            response = self.acm_client.request_certificate(**kwargs)
            certificate_arn = response["CertificateArn"]
            logger.info(
                "Requested %s validation for domain %s. Certificate ARN is %s.",
                method,
                domain,
                certificate_arn,
            )
        except ClientError:
            logger.exception(
                "Request for %s validation of domain %s failed.", method, domain
            )
            raise
        else:
            return certificate_arn