diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ecf69f..74b81f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 terraform.tfstate
 terraform.tfstate*
 .terraform.lock.hcl
-terraform.tfvars
\ No newline at end of file
+terraform.tfvars
+
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aws/asg/alb.tf b/aws/asg/alb.tf
index 6a4d061..756a949 100644
--- a/aws/asg/alb.tf
+++ b/aws/asg/alb.tf
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ resource "aws_lb_listener_rule" "static" {
 
 resource "aws_autoscaling_attachment" "asg" {
   autoscaling_group_name = aws_autoscaling_group.asg.name
-  lb_target_group_arn = aws_lb_target_group.http.arn
+  lb_target_group_arn    = aws_lb_target_group.http.arn
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aws/asg/asg.tf b/aws/asg/asg.tf
index 5ca943c..d61e5eb 100644
--- a/aws/asg/asg.tf
+++ b/aws/asg/asg.tf
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 resource "aws_launch_template" "template" {
-  image_id      = var.ami
-  instance_type = "t3.nano"
-  user_data     = filebase64("userdata.tpl")
-  vpc_security_group_ids = [ aws_security_group.allow_http.id ]
+  image_id               = var.ami
+  instance_type          = "t3.nano"
+  user_data              = filebase64("userdata.tpl")
+  vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.allow_http.id]
 }
 
 resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "asg" {
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "asg" {
     triggers = ["tag"]
   }
 }
-  
+
diff --git a/aws/asg/security_group.tf b/aws/asg/security_group.tf
index 275a32a..46d3754 100644
--- a/aws/asg/security_group.tf
+++ b/aws/asg/security_group.tf
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ resource "aws_security_group" "allow_http" {
   vpc_id      = var.vpc
 
   ingress {
-    description      = "Open HTTP"
-    from_port        = 80
-    to_port          = 80
-    protocol         = "tcp"
-    cidr_blocks      = [ "0.0.0.0/0" ]
+    description = "Open HTTP"
+    from_port   = 80
+    to_port     = 80
+    protocol    = "tcp"
+    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
   }
 
   egress {
diff --git a/aws/asg/variable.tf b/aws/asg/variable.tf
index dcb841e..c20d074 100644
--- a/aws/asg/variable.tf
+++ b/aws/asg/variable.tf
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ variable "ami" {
   default = "ami-0efcece6bed30fd98"
 }
 variable "availability_zones" {
-  type = list(string)
-  default = [ "us-west-2c","us-west-2b" ]
+  type    = list(string)
+  default = ["us-west-2c", "us-west-2b"]
 }
 variable "hostedzone" {
   type    = string
diff --git a/aws/ec2/alb.tf b/aws/ec2/alb.tf
index 1c5de7d..5bb8a70 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/alb.tf
+++ b/aws/ec2/alb.tf
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ resource "aws_security_group" "http" {
     ipv6_cidr_blocks = ["::/0"]
   }
 
+  ingress {
+    description      = "Allow HTTPS traffic"
+    from_port        = 443
+    to_port          = 443
+    protocol         = "tcp"
+    cidr_blocks      = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+    ipv6_cidr_blocks = ["::/0"]
+  }
+
   egress {
     from_port        = 0
     to_port          = 0
@@ -74,3 +83,17 @@ resource "aws_lb_listener_rule" "static" {
     }
   }
 }
+
+resource "aws_lb_listener" "https" {
+  count             = var.alb_certificate_arn != null ? 1 : 0
+  load_balancer_arn = var.alb_arn == null ? aws_lb.alb[0].arn : var.alb_arn
+  port              = "443"
+  protocol          = "HTTPS"
+  ssl_policy        = "ELBSecurityPolicy-2016-08"
+  certificate_arn   = var.alb_certificate_arn
+
+  default_action {
+    type             = "forward"
+    target_group_arn = aws_lb_target_group.http.arn
+  }
+}
diff --git a/aws/ec2/ec2.tf b/aws/ec2/ec2.tf
index 80c3778..14f3f08 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/ec2.tf
+++ b/aws/ec2/ec2.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 # Create instance that serves traffic on port 80 (nginx)
+
+data "aws_ami" "ubuntu" {
+  most_recent = true
+  owners      = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "name"
+    values = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"]
+  }
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "virtualization-type"
+    values = ["hvm"]
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "ec2" {
-  ami                    = var.ami
+  ami                    = var.ami != null ? var.ami : data.aws_ami.ubuntu.image_id
   instance_type          = "t3.micro"
   user_data              = file("userdata.tpl")
   vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.allow_http.id]
@@ -8,4 +24,4 @@ resource "aws_instance" "ec2" {
   tags = {
     Name = "${local.name}-instance"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/aws/ec2/main.tf b/aws/ec2/main.tf
index 90d88f4..316af56 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/main.tf
+++ b/aws/ec2/main.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 locals {
   name = var.name == null ? random_pet.name.id : lower(var.name)
   # use route53 domain if given, otherwise fallback to default ALB DNS name
-  lb_hostname = var.hostedzone == null ? aws_lb.alb[0].dns_name : "${local.name}.${data.aws_route53_zone.zone[0].name}"
+  lb_hostname = var.alb_route53_dns_name != null ? var.alb_route53_dns_name : var.hostedzone == null ? aws_lb.alb[0].dns_name : "${local.name}.${data.aws_route53_zone.zone[0].name}"
   tags = {
     lb_hostname = local.lb_hostname
   }
diff --git a/aws/ec2/output.tf b/aws/ec2/output.tf
index dcbfcf6..ccac1a8 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/output.tf
+++ b/aws/ec2/output.tf
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 output "name" {
-  value = local.name
+  value       = local.name
   description = "Name of the ec2 instance"
 }
 
 output "ec2" {
-  value = aws_instance.ec2.arn
+  value       = aws_instance.ec2.arn
   description = "ARN of the ec2 instance"
 }
 
 output "rule" {
-  value = "https://app.harness.io/ng/account/${data.harness_platform_current_account.current.id}/ce/autostopping-rules/rule/${harness_autostopping_rule_vm.rule.id}"
+  value       = "https://app.harness.io/ng/account/${data.harness_platform_current_account.current.id}/ce/autostopping-rules/rule/${harness_autostopping_rule_vm.rule.id}"
   description = "Link to autostopping rule in Harness"
 }
 
 output "url" {
-  value = harness_autostopping_rule_vm.rule.custom_domains[0]
+  value       = harness_autostopping_rule_vm.rule.custom_domains[0]
   description = "URL for the application"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aws/ec2/readme.md b/aws/ec2/readme.md
index 62b8c09..eca3fc6 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/readme.md
+++ b/aws/ec2/readme.md
@@ -20,6 +20,57 @@ Provision an EC2 instance, alb, and create an autostopping rule for the instance
 
 ![image](https://github.com/wings-software/AutoStoppingLab/assets/7338312/ab1a3163-3657-4244-833b-7e8ccb4b176b)
 
+### Patterns
+
+#### http
+
+create an ec2, alb, and autostopping rule using http and the default alb dns name:
+```
+region = "us-west-2"
+
+# common networking
+vpc = "vpc-02767cb7b8b634d54"
+
+# ec2 instance
+ec2_subnet = "subnet-022b0cf63cfa2b43e"
+
+# alb
+alb_subnets = ["subnet-0afa8a1877a19c619", "subnet-08515090d18fe4e56"]
+
+#harness
+harness_cloud_connector_id = "harness_impeng_play_ccm"
+```
+
+to use a custom domain, simple pass your route53 hosted zone id:
+```
+hostedzone = "Z00081583ARZJ9LTKZHRI"
+```
+
+#### https
+
+create an ec2, alb, and autostopping rule using http and https using a custom domain:
+```
+region = "us-west-2"
+
+# common networking
+vpc = "vpc-02767cb7b8b634d54"
+
+# ec2 instance
+ec2_subnet = "subnet-022b0cf63cfa2b43e"
+
+# alb
+alb_subnets = ["subnet-0afa8a1877a19c619", "subnet-08515090d18fe4e56"]
+
+# https information
+alb_certificate_arn = "arn:aws:acm:us-west-2:664418987337:certificate/bfb75fd2-a1d5-4de4-ab86-b2bc36983097"
+alb_route53_dns_name = "asec2albtest.isehrns.rileysnyder.dev"
+
+#harness
+harness_cloud_connector_id = "harness_impeng_play_ccm"
+```
+
+This requires that you have a certificate already created for the `alb_route53_dns_name` domain in your account
+
 ## Requirements
 
 | Name | Version |
diff --git a/aws/ec2/rule.tf b/aws/ec2/rule.tf
index 2fe2623..9ef3905 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/rule.tf
+++ b/aws/ec2/rule.tf
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
+locals {
+  http = {
+    protocol = "http"
+    port     = "80"
+  }
+  https = {
+    protocol = "https"
+    port     = "443"
+  }
+  rule_routing = var.alb_certificate_arn != null ? [local.http, local.https] : [local.http]
+}
+
 # Import ALB and create autostopping rule
 resource "harness_autostopping_aws_alb" "harness_alb" {
   name               = "${local.name}-lb"
   cloud_connector_id = var.harness_cloud_connector_id
-  host_name          = local.lb_hostname
+  host_name          = var.alb_route53_dns_name != null ? var.alb_route53_dns_name : local.lb_hostname
   alb_arn            = var.alb_arn == null ? aws_lb.alb[0].arn : var.alb_arn
   region             = var.region
   vpc                = var.vpc
@@ -10,6 +22,7 @@ resource "harness_autostopping_aws_alb" "harness_alb" {
   # setting hosted zone is not needed when route53 is already set up externally
   # route53_hosted_zone_id            = "/hostedzone/${var.hostedzone}"
   delete_cloud_resources_on_destroy = false
+  certificate_id                    = var.alb_certificate_arn
 }
 
 resource "harness_autostopping_rule_vm" "rule" {
@@ -22,12 +35,15 @@ resource "harness_autostopping_rule_vm" "rule" {
   }
   http {
     proxy_id = harness_autostopping_aws_alb.harness_alb.identifier
-    routing {
-      source_protocol = "http"
-      target_protocol = "http"
-      source_port     = 80
-      target_port     = 80
-      action          = "forward"
+    dynamic "routing" {
+      for_each = local.rule_routing
+      content {
+        source_protocol = routing.value["protocol"]
+        target_protocol = routing.value["protocol"]
+        source_port     = routing.value["port"]
+        target_port     = routing.value["port"]
+        action          = "forward"
+      }
     }
     health {
       protocol         = "http"
diff --git a/aws/ec2/security_group.tf b/aws/ec2/security_group.tf
index 3b4e2db..7522231 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/security_group.tf
+++ b/aws/ec2/security_group.tf
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ resource "aws_security_group" "allow_http" {
     cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
   }
 
+  ingress {
+    description = "Open HTTPS"
+    from_port   = 443
+    to_port     = 443
+    protocol    = "tcp"
+    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+  }
+
   egress {
     from_port        = 0
     to_port          = 0
diff --git a/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.example b/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.example
index 274fd07..4a07eba 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.example
+++ b/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.example
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-# name = "stoptest"
+# stack name
+name = "hns-1035"
+region = "us-east-1"
 
-alb_subnets = ["subnet-0f91c1012f9ad74c5", "subnet-0c4c1bc4cacd3cd4d"]
+# common networking
+vpc =  "vpc-0fxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
 
-ec2_subnet = "subnet-08f14e7142d333595"
+# ec2 instance
+ec2_subnet = "subnet-yyyyyyyyy"
+ami = "ami-0e35ddab05955cf57"
 
-vpc = "vpc-078b51c6cbc5581f1"
+# alb
+alb_subnets = ["subnet-yyyyyyyyy", "subnet-xxxxxxxx"]
+alb_certificate_arn = "arn:aws:acm:ap-south-1:xxxxxxxxxxx:certificate/08bcd2b0-3e84-40fd-bf49-37ce43644068"
 
-ami = "ami-075686beab831bb7f"
-
-# hostedzone = "Z05277053H89HS3J9I2TS"
-
-harness_cloud_connector_id = "cs"
\ No newline at end of file
+#harness
+harness_cloud_connector_id = "myconn07"
+alb_route53_dns_name = "as60.mynewdomain.com"
diff --git a/aws/ec2/userdata.tpl b/aws/ec2/userdata.tpl
index dcea9c0..94481c7 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/userdata.tpl
+++ b/aws/ec2/userdata.tpl
@@ -1,3 +1,52 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-sudo apt-get update -y &&
-sudo apt-get install -y nginx
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# Update & install nginx and openssl
+sudo apt-get update -y
+sudo apt-get install -y nginx openssl
+
+# Create self-signed SSL certificate
+sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
+  -keyout /etc/ssl/private/nginx-selfsigned.key \
+  -out /etc/ssl/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt \
+  -subj "/CN=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/local-ipv4)"
+
+# Write nginx config with HTTP 200 message and HTTPS static file
+sudo tee /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf > /dev/null <<'EOF'
+server {
+    listen 80 default_server;
+    listen [::]:80 default_server;
+    server_name _;
+
+    location / {
+        return 200 'Hello from Nginx over HTTP port 80';
+        add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+    }
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl default_server;
+    listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
+    server_name _;
+
+    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/nginx-selfsigned.key;
+
+    location / {
+        return 200 'Hello from Nginx over HTTPS port 443';
+        add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+    }
+}
+EOF
+
+# Create HTTPS content
+echo "Hello from Nginx over HTTPS port 443" | sudo tee /var/www/html/index.html
+sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/index.html
+
+# Remove default site
+rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
+
+# Test and reload nginx
+sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
+
+# Done
+echo "✅ Nginx is configured to serve HTTP and HTTPS with custom messages"
diff --git a/aws/ec2/variable.tf b/aws/ec2/variable.tf
index 98d7458..3038267 100644
--- a/aws/ec2/variable.tf
+++ b/aws/ec2/variable.tf
@@ -47,3 +47,15 @@ variable "harness_cloud_connector_id" {
   type    = string
   default = "AWS CCM connector for target AWS account"
 }
+
+variable "alb_certificate_arn" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Alb certificate ARN"
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "alb_route53_dns_name" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "alb dns name added in route 53"
+  default     = null
+}
diff --git a/azure/provider.tf b/azure/provider.tf
index bb2540e..93100eb 100644
--- a/azure/provider.tf
+++ b/azure/provider.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 terraform {
   required_providers {
     harness = {
-      source = "harness/harness"
+      source  = "harness/harness"
       version = "0.28.3"
     }
   }
diff --git a/azure/rule.tf b/azure/rule.tf
index 6e9d4f6..aff82d1 100644
--- a/azure/rule.tf
+++ b/azure/rule.tf
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ resource "harness_autostopping_rule_vm" "vm" {
   cloud_connector_id = var.cloud_connector_id
   idle_time_mins     = 10
   filter {
-    vm_ids  = ["/subscriptions/${var.subscription_id}/resourceGroups/${var.resource_group}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/${var.instance_id}"
-]
+    vm_ids = ["/subscriptions/${var.subscription_id}/resourceGroups/${var.resource_group}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/${var.instance_id}"
+    ]
     regions = [var.region]
   }
   http {
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ resource "harness_autostopping_rule_vm" "vm" {
       status_code_to   = 299
     }
   }
-  custom_domains = [ "35.239.247.160.nip.io" ]
+  custom_domains = ["35.239.247.160.nip.io"]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gcp/provider.tf b/gcp/provider.tf
index a05fcbb..14ded5f 100644
--- a/gcp/provider.tf
+++ b/gcp/provider.tf
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ terraform {
   }
 }
 provider "google" {
-  project     = "ccm-play"
-  region      = "us-central1"
+  project = "ccm-play"
+  region  = "us-central1"
 }
 provider "harness" {
   account_id       = var.account_id
diff --git a/gcp/rule.tf b/gcp/rule.tf
index 4dc4b65..71ac6a7 100644
--- a/gcp/rule.tf
+++ b/gcp/rule.tf
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ resource "harness_autostopping_rule_vm" "vm" {
       status_code_to   = 299
     }
   }
-  custom_domains = [ "35.239.247.160.nip.io" ]
+  custom_domains = ["35.239.247.160.nip.io"]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s/provider.tf b/k8s/provider.tf
index c9422ca..95e879d 100644
--- a/k8s/provider.tf
+++ b/k8s/provider.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 provider "kubernetes" {
-  config_path    = "~/.kube/config"
+  config_path = "~/.kube/config"
 }
 provider "kubectl" {
   apply_retry_count = 15
diff --git a/k8s/rule.tf b/k8s/rule.tf
index f1f4613..4cf9bed 100644
--- a/k8s/rule.tf
+++ b/k8s/rule.tf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 resource "kubectl_manifest" "rule" {
-  yaml_body = file("rule.yaml")
+  yaml_body       = file("rule.yaml")
   validate_schema = false
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s/variables.tf b/k8s/variables.tf
index da29ef0..555aec7 100644
--- a/k8s/variables.tf
+++ b/k8s/variables.tf
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 variable "namespace" {
-  type = string
+  type    = string
   default = "default"
 }
 variable "name" {
-  type = string
+  type    = string
   default = "tf-test"
 }
 variable "k8s_connector_id" {
-    type = string
-    default = "nknautostoptest"
+  type    = string
+  default = "nknautostoptest"
 }
\ No newline at end of file