Obtaining a domain certificate utilizing a proxy server

A system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receiving, at a proxy server, instructions from a certificate management service implemented within a cloud service provider infrastructure, to respond to a request directed to a subdirectory within a domain with a challenge string;
• receiving, at the proxy server, a request directed to the subdirectory within the domain;
• and
• responding, by the proxy server, to the request by sending the challenge string to a certificate authority.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions when executed by one or more processors cause processing to be performed comprising:

• receiving, at a proxy server, instructions from a certificate management service implemented within a cloud service provider infrastructure, to respond to a request directed to a subdirectory within a domain with a challenge string;
• receiving, at the proxy server, a request directed to the subdirectory within the domain;
• and
• responding, by the proxy server, to the request by sending the challenge string to the certificate authority.