Connecting a Domain Name to Lightsail Instance

Hello all!

Our domain, xxxxx.org, is registered with Network Solutions. From there, our domain is pointed to our network for Active Directory purposes. We have subdomains; vpn.xxxxx.org is pointed to an IP Address for Meraki ClientVPN access, employees.xxxxx.org is pointed to an IP Address for our Employee Portal, webapps.xxxxx.org is pointed to an IP Address for a web applications we have running in our DMZ.

I would like to point websites.xxxxx.org to my LightSail Instance. My assumption would be to point websites.xxxxx.org to my instance's Public IP Address (3.17.xxx.xxx). This was done yesterday via an A Record around 1pm EST.

I also created a Global DNS Zone (on the LightSail Instance). The zone was created with the xxxxx.org domain. Within the zone, I added an A Record for subdomain websites.xxxxx.org and pointed it to the Public IP Address (stated as xxxxxweb_01_staticIP within the system).

When I go to websites.xxxxx.org, nothing pops up. I'm taking to a "Site Can't Be Reached" page (DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN).

What am I missing or where did I go wrong?

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
-C

Edited by: ClaytonDaniels on Aug 10, 2021 12:03 PM

Edited by: ClaytonDaniels on Aug 10, 2021 12:03 PM