How to setup SSL on Amazon EC2? - Server Fault: "In your EC2 control panel, look at your instance and note the Security Group that is assigned to it. Then, navigate to the Security Groups section in the control panel, open your group, and make sure that port 443 is allowed over TCP.
This must be open to allow SSL traffic to your instance. A simple way to check if the port is open to the outside is to telnet into your server's IP on port 443, and see if you can connect and get a response.
telnet yourhost.com 443"
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