AWS CERTIFICATE MANAGER n8n INTEGRATION: AUTOMATE AWS CERTIFICATE MANAGER WITH N8N

The "Renew a certificate" action allows you to programmatically trigger the renewal process for SSL/TLS certificates managed through AWS Certificate Manager. This is particularly valuable for ensuring your certificates never unexpectedly expire, which could cause service disruptions or security warnings for your users.

Key parameters:

• Credential to connect with: Select your configured AWS IAM account from the dropdown. This is required to authenticate with AWS services.
• Resource: Fixed to "Certificate"—indicates this action manages SSL certificate resources.
• Operation: Set to "Renew"—specifies this is a renewal operation.
• Certificate ARN: Enter the Amazon Resource Name of the certificate to renew. This text field is required and must follow the standard ARN format (e.g., arn:aws:acm:region:account:certificate/certificate-id).

Use cases: Automate certificate renewals 30 days before expiration by combining with a scheduled trigger and the "Get certificate metadata" action. Build workflows that renew certificates and notify your team via HubSpot or email once complete.

This action removes a specified SSL certificate from your AWS environment. It's essential for maintaining a clean certificate inventory and avoiding confusion from unused or deprecated certificates cluttering your ACM dashboard.

Key parameters:

• Credential to connect with: Your AWS IAM credentials (dropdown, required).
• Resource: Fixed to "Certificate."
• Operation: Set to "Delete."
• Certificate ARN: The ARN of the certificate to delete (text input, required).
• Bucket Name: Optional S3 bucket name if the operation involves stored certificate files.
• Certificate Key: Optional key associated with the certificate for additional identification.

Use cases: Create cleanup workflows that delete certificates after associated domains are decommissioned. Build audit workflows that identify and remove expired certificates automatically with Make or n8n.

The "Get a certificate" action retrieves the full details of a specific SSL certificate, including the certificate body and chain. This is the go-to action when you need to access the actual certificate content rather than just its metadata.

Key parameters:

• Credential to connect with: AWS IAM account selection (dropdown, required).
• Resource: Fixed to "Certificate."
• Operation: Fixed to "Get."
• Certificate ARN: The ARN identifying which certificate to retrieve (text input, required). Supports JavaScript expressions for dynamic ARN values.

Use cases: Retrieve certificate details for backup purposes, extract certificate information for documentation, or feed certificate data into compliance monitoring tools via automation workflows.

This action fetches the metadata associated with a certificate—including domain names, status, expiration dates, and validation information—without retrieving the certificate body itself. It's lighter and faster when you only need administrative information.

Key parameters:

• Credential to connect with: Saved AWS credentials (dropdown, required).
• Resource: Fixed to "Certificate."
• Operation: Set to "Get Metadata."
• Certificate ARN: The ARN of the target certificate (text input, required). Accepts static values or dynamic expressions.

Use cases: Build monitoring dashboards that track certificate expiration dates with Notion, create alerting systems that notify teams when certificates enter specific states, or generate compliance reports showing all certificate details across your infrastructure.

This action retrieves multiple certificates from your AWS account in a single operation, making it ideal for inventory management, auditing, and bulk operations across your certificate portfolio.

Key parameters:

• Credential to connect with: Your AWS IAM credentials (dropdown, required).
• Resource: Fixed to "Certificate."
• Operation: Fixed to "Get Many."
• Return All: Toggle switch to retrieve all certificates (optional). When enabled, fetches every certificate in your account.
• Limit: Numeric field to cap the number of certificates returned (optional, defaults to values like 100).
• Options: Additional configuration properties for filtering or formatting results.

Use cases: Generate weekly inventory reports of all SSL certificates, build workflows that check the status of all certificates and flag those needing attention via Bubble apps, or sync your complete certificate list to external monitoring or documentation systems.