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DNS beginner here so bear with me-- I have a small heroku node app and I can't afford the $7/m hobby plan that you need to auto generate an SSL certificate. I have a custom domain from AWS Route 53 that points to the app, but only the www. address works, not the https:// address, I gather because I don't have the SSL certificate.

I saw that there were some cloudfront hacks (2) but mixed reviews about whether they work, and they sound a bit too complicated for me, a beginner.

Are there any workarounds? Like, could I have my https:// AWS address just redirect to the www. one? Could I wrap the ssl'd heroku app in an iframe? Or are there other heroku jamstack type alternatives that offer more inexpensive SSL certificates?

StephD
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  • As mentioned by @portatlas, Cloudflare provides free SSL certificate. Yet another instructions how to add Clodflare to Heroku can be found [here](https://github.com/winwiz1/crisp-react#custom-domain-and-cdn) – winwiz1 Apr 23 '20 at 10:05

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You could potentially use CloudFlare's free SSL with heroku, here is a blog post that goes through the process.

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