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Buying a Domain on GoDaddy and Pointing It to EC2
Buying a Domain on GoDaddy and Pointing It to EC2 A domain is a website name, like yourdomain.com. You buy it from a registrar such as GoDaddy. In GoDaddy DNS, add an A record : Name @ , Value = your Elastic IP . Add a CNAME : Name www , Value @ . The new A record often works in minutes. Check with
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A domain is a website name, like yourdomain.com. You buy it from a registrar such as GoDaddy.
Point it to EC2
In GoDaddy DNS, add an A record: Name @, Value = your Elastic IP.
Add a CNAME: Name www, Value @.
Check it
The new A record often works in minutes.
Check with dig yourdomain.com +short before blaming the web server.
Tip
Look at the renewal price, not just the first-year price.
| Type | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| A | @ | 203.0.113.10 |
| CNAME | www | @ |
| A | blog | 203.0.113.10 |
| NS | @ | ns51.domaincontrol.com (do not edit) |
Learn more in the lesson: 12.3 Buying a Domain on GoDaddy and Pointing It to EC2