Apex and Wildcard of multiple Route53 zones URL redirect

Question

I apologize if this has been answered, but I cannot find it.

I have dozens of domains parked that need to be redirected to one URL. All are in Route 53.

Using route53, I can do this with an S3 bucket, but only for a specific FQDN.

However- if I want a wild card to the domain *.example.com to go to www.new-example.com, it doesn't work.
For example:
example.com -> Alias to S3 bucket named "example.com" redirects properly to www.new-example.com (as defined in the S3 bucket.
xyz.example.com needs to have the same behavior without creating a new bucket specifically for it because I have no idea what could be used- thus, the wild card.

I have tried a CNAME for *.example.com and S3 gives me "NoSuchBucket" if I try to go to www.example.com.

I am using the built-in redirect in S3. If there is a rule or something that can be used in place of this, I am ok with that.

I need all FQDN for example.com to go to one place- a single S3 bucket - regardless of where they came from.

If there is another way to do this within AWS, I am open to it, but I need a simple setup.

This article keeps showing up and is not what I am wanting but seems to be what everyone thinks I want to do. It is not.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/hosting-internal-https-static-websites-with-alb-s3-and-privatelink/

*The destination URL is not in AWS and I do not have any control over it. The S3 bucket works great, with exceptions previously noted.

Thank you!

Accepted Answer

I ended up adding an IP to an existing server to do the redirects. I appreciate all the ideas.

Answer

Hello, I haven't tested this, but I think it may work: https://serverfault.com/a/991291.
Fronting S3 with CloudFront/ACM, in CloudFront you would add *.example.com as allowed CNAMEs, then use R53 Alias record to point xxxx.cloudfront.net to you *.example.com. Then, have an additional Route 53 CNAME record that points any *.example.com to your destination URL.

Answer

Perhaps create a wildcard DNS record that points to S3 static website? Or a EC2 instance running Apache or Nginx?
Configure the index.html page to do a javascript redirect?

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Answer

An easy way to do this is to setup an internet facing ALB and then have 1 default rule that performs a redirect.

Point all your domains to the ALB.

If using HTTPs you need to ensure you have a Cert applied to the HTTPs listener for each domain.

Answer

Even though im an AWS advocate, if its something simple you need and do not want to spend a fortune/complicated setup.
You could Transfer the domains to another Domain Provider such as FastHosts and use their Free WebForwarding features.

Apex and Wildcard of multiple Route53 zones URL redirect

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