Copy the DNS records to be configured
1. When you connect a domain to a site in the Shifter dashboard, the DNS records will be displayed.
2. Copy each setting.
Next, configure your DNS server. Route 53 is used as an example here.
Access the Route 53 management console
3. In the Route 53 console, go to Hosted zones → your domain name, and click “Create record”
Configuring DNS records for a domain without subdomains
4. For the routing policy, select “Simple Routing.”
5. Click Next.
6. Click “Define a simple record.”
7. Select “A” for the record type.
8. For the value, select “Alias to a CloudFront distribution.”
9. In the distribution field, enter the copied.cloudfront.net URL
10. The value has now been entered.
11. Click “Define a Simple Record” to save the settings
That completes the setup for domains without subdomains, such as example.com.
If you are configuring a domain with a subdomain—such as www.example.com or news.example.jp—please continue with the following steps.
DNS Record Configuration for Domains with Subdomains
12. Click “Define a Simple Record”
13. Enter only the subdomain in the record name (e.g., www, news, blog)
14. Select “CNAME” as the record type.
15. For the value, select “IP address or other value corresponding to the record type.”
16. In the input field, enter the.on.getshifter.io value you copied
17. Click “Define a Simple Record”
17. This is the confirmation screen for the DNS record you are configuring
18. Click “Create Record” to save the settings.
19. The record configuration has been successfully completed.
That completes the DNS server configuration.