How do I point my DNS to an AWS ElasticBeanstalk Instance?

Question

I've taken the following steps:

-Created an ElasticBeanstalk instance with URL my-instance.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com

-Bought a Domain my-domain.com from Godaddy

-Got a SSL cert via AWS Certificate Manager for my-domain.com

-Added a CNAME record my-instance.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com pointing to my-domain.com in GoDaddy

I've waited about 12 hours for the changes to take effect, but visiting http://my-domain.com and https://my-domain.com are both giving me the error "This site can’t be reached: my-domain.com’s server IP address could not be found."

Am I missing any steps here?

Have you used `Route 53` service of aws to map your domain to aws instance? — Jijo Cleetus, Sep 15 '20 at 19:42
@JijoCleetus No I read that Simply pointing elasticbeanstalk's URL to the DNS should be sufficient — P_equals_NP_2021, Sep 15 '20 at 21:11
Does your website work if you just use EB domain: my-instance.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com ? — Marcin, Sep 15 '20 at 22:35
Where did you install the ACM cert? Its not explained in your question. On your load balancer? — Marcin, Sep 16 '20 at 00:06
Also you CNAMe should be oposit. Instead of " CNAME record my-instance.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com pointing to my-domain.com", it should be "Added a CNAME record my-domain.com pointing to my my-instance.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com" — Marcin, Sep 16 '20 at 00:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '20 at 06:10

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I abandoned this approach and have successfully set up SSL using and DNS pointing via AWS Route 53. AWS made it very easy.

answered Sep 16 '20 at 06:10

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How do I point my DNS to an AWS ElasticBeanstalk Instance?

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