how do i set the dns server on godaddy with AWS?

Question

I have a domain name on godaddy and i also have a amazon web services account. I have an EC2 instance and i want to change the dns nameserver on the godaddy control panel to aws and i have no idea what to change it too...if anyone has any idea on how to route the dns from godaddy to the amazon web servers i would highly appreciate it...thanks

Answer 1

First, you need an "Elastic IP" address from Amazon, which is basically a static IP. You can use the ec2-allocate-address command to get one, and then you can associate it with one of your EC2 instances.

For the details, see: http://aws.amazon.com/articles/1346?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1

Note that you have to pay ($0.01/hr) for elastic IP addresses that aren't associated with a running instance.

Next, you use Godaddy (or any DNS service) to associate the host name you want with your static IP. This is done with an "A" (for "address") record. See this help page on Godaddy to set up A records: http://help.godaddy.com/article/680#arecs

Finally, you may need to wait some time (few minutes to an hour) for it all to propagate through. You can test it all by pinging your hostname.