I have a nodejs API hosted on an EC2 instance (ubuntu server) which is running on PORT 5000.

Using http:// i can access this API over public-api:5000 but I can not access it over https.

I have opened all ports in the security group and allowed access from anywhere but still it is not possible.

What do I have to do, in order to access my API via https instead of only http?

CodePudding user response：

For HTTPS to work you need TLS/SSL Certificates. Just enabling the port (default is 443 for https) will not work. You can get free TLS certs on AWS using AWS ACM service. You should have access to Domain and should be able to update the domain records for ACM to verify your cert.

You can terminate TLS on Load Balancer or on your application. You have to handle https traffic. Reference here