AWS create an alias for my EC2 instance IP

Question

I'm not expert in anything related with networks. I've reasearched through Internet but I'm not able to get with the solution for what I need.

It's simple. I've bought a domain in GoDaddy.com and I've redirected it succesfully to my AWS EC2 instance (Ubuntu instance), as you can see:

http://danigarcia-dev.com

But, as you can see, the resulting addres is:

http://ec2-52-26-205-227.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/

But, I would like my domain and the EC2 instance web addresses to be the same: danigarcia-dev.com

Is that possible somehow? How can I get an alias for it in AWS?

@CraigWatson As I've said, I'm quite lost in network's matters. I've tried modifying the /etc/hosts file with "127.0.0.1 localhost danigarcia-dev" and it's not working. I've done a few tries like that... — daniegarcia254, Jun 23 '15 at 22:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '15 at 22:01

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You most likely have set your domain up for web forwarding rather than DNS redirection. To get redirection without URL rewriting, you'll need to point your domain apex to your EC2 instance using a CNAME record.

So, using the GoDaddy documentation, create a CNAME record with @ as the Host, and ec2-52-26-205-227.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com as the Points to.

answered Jun 23 '15 at 22:01

Craig Watson

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Done that, error occurs when I save the CNAME record "The specified record already exists. CNAME - @". I've deleted all the defaults records, maybe I have to wait first..? – daniegarcia254 Jun 23 '15 at 22:11
It finally worked, but instead of create a CNAME record with `@` as the **Host**, I've done it with `www` – daniegarcia254 Jun 23 '15 at 23:11
I would like to do it with `@`, but it seem is not possible, any solution for this? – daniegarcia254 Jun 23 '15 at 23:15
You don't need an alias. You know the IP address, so you can just create it as an `A` record in the DNS configurator for `@`. – Michael - sqlbot Jun 24 '15 at 03:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 15:05

The solution was, based on @CraigWatson answer, the next configuration on GoDaddy DNS Zone File of the danigarcia-dev.com domain:

Create a CNAME record with:
- www as the Host
- ec2-52-26-205-227.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com as the Points to
A forwarding to the www.danigarcia-dev.com web address

AWS create an alias for my EC2 instance IP

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