help with finishing up migration from hosting provider

Question

I have a couple of beginner questions:  
I just copied my (small, family site) asp.net/MSSQL website, currently on a hosting provider, to LightSail.   
  
My LightSail site is running on Win2019 server/RDS with it's own external IP address. Everything is good here.  
  
Now, my site name is registered with GoDaddy. I don't want/can't move my domain registration to AWS.  
Once I associate my LightSail Ip address with my domain name,   
1. will I be able to use AWS Certificate Manager to create SSL certificate?  
2. will I be able to use CloudFront in this setup?  
3. What will happen with my email? The one that I have currently at hosting provider will be gone... so, what do I do here?  
  
Daniel

Accepted Answer

> _DanielAT2021 wrote:_    
> Now, my site name is registered with GoDaddy. I don't want/can't move my domain registration to AWS.  
> Once I associate my LightSail Ip address with my domain name,   
> 1. will I be able to use AWS Certificate Manager to create SSL certificate?  
  
Not sure about that ... my recommendation would be to use LetsEncrypt for SSL certificates.  
  
> 2. will I be able to use CloudFront in this setup?  
  
I think so. IIRC, cloudfront just requires that you associate a CNAME with your domain.  
  
> 3. What will happen with my email? The one that I have currently at hosting provider will be gone... so, what do I do here?  
  
You'll have to setup new email. Personally, I use google apps, but there are a number of good providers.

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thank you! I will follow these directions.

help with finishing up migration from hosting provider

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