Setting up a Custom Domain for your application.
Liat Hoffman
36 steps
24 minutes
Devopser
Amazon Web Services
Devopserdemo
Newtab
Terraform
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Click the "Enter your domain (e.g., example.com)" field and enter your domain.
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Format should be "<site.com> for example "[devopserdemo.com](http://devopserdemo.com)"
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Click "Add Domain"
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Click "Refresh"
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Click "Show Instructions"
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Go to "Route53"
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Go to your custom domain's hosted zone.
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Click on your domain.
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Click "Show Instructions"
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Create a DNS record based on the instructions to validate the certificate.
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Once the DNS record is created, click "Verify"
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Click "Attach to ALB"
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It takes about 16 minutes for the new ALB to be provisioned.
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If you get this message, the provisioning is still in progress.
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After \~16 minutes, click "Show DNS Instructions"
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You will get specific instructions for adding the needed DNS records to route your domain to the backend.
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Back in Route53, click "Create record"
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Make sure you enable the Alias setting in the A record.
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Click "Choose endpoint"
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Click "Alias to Application and Classic Load Balancer"
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Click "Choose Region"
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Click "US East (N. Virginia)"
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Click the "Choose load balancer" field.
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Paste the record value exactly as it appears in the instructions.
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Click "Add another record"
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Click the "Record name" field. Add "www" to the record name.
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Ensure it is marked as an Alias.
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Click "Choose endpoint"
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Click "Alias to Application and Classic Load Balancer"
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Click "Choose Region"
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Click "US East (N. Virginia)"
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Click the "Choose load balancer" field.
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Copy the exact value from the instructions
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Click "Create records"
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It takes about 60 seconds for the records to be created. But it can take up to 48 hours for the records to propagate through DNS - please be patient.
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Once DNS has propagated successfully, you will see your application at your desired web address. Congrats you have successfully attached your custom domain!
Troubleshooting tip: there is no listener on port 80 so ensure you link directly to <https://your-custom-domain.com> (with https) in the address - http will fail.
