Problem with "lame delegation" in my DNS records

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So I have a Route 53 domain, and I'm creating A records but they aren't working. The browser says that the "server's IP could not be found". I went to Google Public DNS and it says this:

{
"Status": 2,
"TC": false,
"RD": true,
"RA": true,
"AD": false,
"CD": false,
"Question": [
{
"name": "DOMAIN.",
"type": 1
}
],
"Comment": "Name servers refused query (lame delegation?) [205.251.199.212, 205.251.194.252, 2600:9000:5307:d400::1, 2600:9000:5302:fc00::1, 2600:9000:5304:1800::1, 205.251.196.24, 205.251.193.49, 2600:9000:5301:3100::1]."
}

How can I fix this?

asked 4 years ago767 views
4 Answers
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Hi,

If you post your domain name, I'll take a look at your configuration.

Scott

EXPERT
answered 4 years ago
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Hey, thanks! justinchristopherday.com

answered 4 years ago
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Hi,

Name servers appear in three places, and they typically all match:
~ The name servers in the NS record in your hosted zone.
~ The name servers that Route 53 assigned to the hosted zone when you created it (or when we created it for you, when you registered a domain). These values can't be changed.
~ The name servers that are associated with your domain registration.

For justinchristopherday.com, the name servers match for the two locations in the hosted zone, but the name servers for the domain are different. I'd guess that you deleted your hosted zone and then recreated it at some point. When you create a new hosted zone, Route 53 assigns four new name servers. You then need to update the domain registration to use these name servers. Here's how to fix it:

  1. Get the name servers that Route 53 assigned to the hosted zone. See "Getting the Name Servers for a Public Hosted Zone" in the Route 53 Developer Guide:
    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/GetInfoAboutHostedZone.html

  2. Update the domain registration with the name servers that you got in step 1. See "Adding or Changing Name Servers and Glue Records for a Domain":

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-name-servers-glue-records.html

Scott

EXPERT
answered 4 years ago
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That did it! Just so you know, I didn't delete a hosted zone, but I migrated this domain from another registrar, so maybe that's it. Thanks for your help :)

answered 4 years ago

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