Secure Amazon Elastic Container Service workloads with Amazon ECS Service Connect
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This article introduces a new feature in Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) that allows you to secure traffic between services using Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption with Amazon ECS Service Connect.
Specifically, the article covers:
- How to enable TLS encryption for services using Amazon ECS Service Connect
- Options for managing certificates and encryption keys, such as using AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA), a subordinate CA, or your own key materials
- A walkthrough on enabling TLS encryption for an existing Amazon ECS Service Connect service in the AWS Management Console and AWS CLI
- Prerequisites and conclusion, highlighting the benefits of this new feature for compliance and security.
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