Domain name pointing to AWS app but redirects to another nameserver

Question

Hello team,

I'm encountering an issue regarding the redirection of a domain to an AWS app that I've been unable to resolve. Currently, I possess two domain names through Bluehost: intellilearner.com and intellilearner.online. Previously, intellilearner.com was directing to an app on AWS until I lost ownership of the domain. Subsequently, it was acquired by https://dan.com/, which is now redirecting it to their website for sale.

My efforts have been focused on reconfiguring intellilearner.online to point to the AWS app. However, despite my adjustments, it continues to display the https://dan.com page instead of directing to my AWS app.

To investigate further, I utilized https://dnschecker.org/ to review the DNS records for both domains. As expected, intellilearner.com is pointing to https://dan.com, while intellilearner.online is correctly pointing to my AWS app.

I reached out to Bluehost's helpdesk for assistance, but they indicated that the issue lies with AWS since the domain is directed towards their services.

I'm perplexed as to why intellilearner.online is redirecting to https://dan.com instead of my AWS app. Could someone please provide assistance on this matter?

Thank you.

Accepted Answer

**WHOIS** shows the registrar is IT Cosmic in NSW, with four Route 53 nameserver records https://who.is/whois/intellilearner.online

These four nameservers need to match the NS records in the Public Hosted Zone for the domain, in your AWS account. If these don't match then this could be your problem, and you may need to work with the registrar to achieve this.

If you need to change any NS records then drop the TTL to something like 300 seconds before starting, to ensure any changes propagate sooner (the default TTL is usually something like two days). See steps 4 thru 9 of https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/migrate-dns-domain-in-use.html

Right now the value of the A-record for **intellilearner.com** is **3.64.163.50** which is an EC2 instance in the Sydney region.
```
$ nslookup 13.236.212.187
187.212.236.13.in-addr.arpa	name = ec2-13-236-212-187.ap-southeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com.
```
Do you recognise this instance as one of yours?

Answer

When I send a request to `https://intellilearner.com` I get a `301 Moved Permanently` response, with a Location header that redirects me to `https://dan.com/buy-domain/intellilearner.com?redirected=true`. Is this your desired behavior - or have you fixed the behavior that you raised this question for? ``` % curl -vko /dev/null https://intellilearner.com % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Trying 3.64.163.50:443... * Connected to intellilearner.com (3.64.163.50) port 443 * ALPN: curl offers h2,http/1.1 * (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1): } [323 bytes data] * (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2): { [122 bytes data] * (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Unknown (8): { [19 bytes data] * (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11): { [2872 bytes data] * (304) (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15): { [520 bytes data] * (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20): { [52 bytes data] * (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20): } [52 bytes data] * SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 * ALPN: server accepted h2 * Server certificate: * subject: CN=intellilearner.com * start date: Mar 19 21:08:59 2024 GMT * expire date: Jun 17 21:08:58 2024 GMT * issuer: C=US; O=Let's Encrypt; CN=R3 * SSL certificate verify ok. * using HTTP/2 * [HTTP/2] [1] OPENED stream for https://intellilearner.com/ * [HTTP/2] [1] [:method: GET] * [HTTP/2] [1] [:scheme: https] * [HTTP/2] [1] [:authority: intellilearner.com] * [HTTP/2] [1] [:path: /] * [HTTP/2] [1] [user-agent: curl/8.4.0] * [HTTP/2] [1] [accept: */*] > GET / HTTP/2 > Host: intellilearner.com > User-Agent: curl/8.4.0 > Accept: */* > < HTTP/2 301 < server: openresty < date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:18:44 GMT < content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 < location: https://dan.com/buy-domain/intellilearner.com?redirected=true < x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN < x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block < x-content-type-options: nosniff < x-download-options: noopen < x-permitted-cross-domain-policies: none < referrer-policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin < cache-control: no-cache < set-cookie: bc9bd58fe1b6ef954d6d794db6d30e25e8ff50634d24346cf8006ef422e3c05c6e48b07678e34d08c97ad3f91012c80ac690b50f51fbd49b16e301de58d9c5ca=ZLPQTZ5yPEmEaqnpaw%2BDlk%2BV%2FPm2GyrTBMxO6UWH%2F8p5WKZIuV6IQfAoZuo%2BWCBrmNcOGSNfWDk0HboxmFaTjHPMSKwLGQW5i9Lf7nT0XCXOQ0IFtm6ISdD9eVlMCJT7dyuNOmZGSkhFXZ8YDiFSQ%2BOJ7sxdgvEaXAMuCMb26fM3sMO7OtPUeUKdNX0Luol3zviG%2BkCDppVfWL4R3QAwmgGfiuPYuHEECnF0nq%2Bublb8PDc2Sis0JVOXdWh2sX1y5UI%2ByxmErH7KZg%2FsVq0WjXQ2iH1px67qhbDBI%2F5VRxjGjpcRptTGk%2FjkfiZy30I4VoRdv0bb8eeZa%2BGQK4R5ePnti5o9Ic%2FoPtfIng%3D%3D--Qzy%2B8vLsWn%2Bg7G4P--2jVNG%2FNM0%2Fr5lXH0voUKBw%3D%3D; path=/; secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax < x-request-id: dcc5342c-2702-4951-96a3-07041429a6ed < x-runtime: 0.227614 < { [127 bytes data] 100 127 0 127 0 0 301 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 301 * Connection #0 to host intellilearner.com left intact ```

Answer

Hello.

> I have an issue with redirecting a domain to an AWS app that I'm not able to solve.

What AWS service is "AWS app"?  
If the web server is running on EC2, etc., I think it is necessary to check whether redirect settings are configured in the web server settings.

Domain name pointing to AWS app but redirects to another nameserver

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