Delegating your domain to AWS

While we've created a hosted zone and some DNS records in Route 53, no one can actually see them yet. In order to send your website visitors to your new S3 static website, you'll need to delegate your domain to Route 53. This is left to you as an exercise; however, there are some important things to remember:

  • The DNS servers to delegate your domain to can be found in the NS record for your hosted zone.
  • If your domain is already live and production-like, you'll need to make sure all your DNS records for your zone are recreated in Route 53, including things such as MX records, which are critical for the continuity of your e-mail service.
  • Before delegating to AWS, you may consider reducing the TTL values on your ...

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