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AWS Route 53 domain name still not pointing to IP

I registered a domain name on AWS Route 53, then deleted the generated hosted zone that they automatically generated for the domain and replaced it with this one: enter image description here

The values in the NS record match the name servers of the registered domain

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I haven't modified these settings for almost 72 hours, and the registered domain name still doesn't point to the IP I specified. Any idea why? It all looks correct to me.

Solution

  • After a lot of frustration and waiting I solved this by:

    1. Deleting the hosted zone associated with the domain.

    2. Creating a new hosted zone for the domain. Route 53 auto-generates an NS record with 4 pre-filled name server addresses

    3. Going to Domains > Registered Domains > (domain) > Add or edit name servers. Deleting the four name servers there and replacing them with the four that Route 53 gave me in step 2 (without the periods at the end).

    Within a few min the domain started pointing to the IP I specified and was picked up by a bunch of DNS servers as measured by https://dnschecker.org/

    Hope this helps someone, someday