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Hi Gary,
I am sorry that you are facing this issue. I can certainly understand how frustrating this can be.
However, from my initial investigation I can see that your DNS has not been setup correctly. The authoritative DNS shown is ns-4.awsdns-00.com but it is not returning any results.
NSLookup Results.
nslookup
> server 1.1.1.1
Default server: 1.1.1.1
Address: 1.1.1.1#53
> getcloseto.us
Server: 1.1.1.1
Address: 1.1.1.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find getcloseto.us: No answer
Dig results
dig getcloseto.us
; <<>> DiG 9.18.28-0ubuntu0.22.04.1-Ubuntu <<>> getcloseto.us
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61725
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;getcloseto.us. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
getcloseto.us. 900 IN SOA ns-4.awsdns-00.com. awsdns-hostmaster.amazon.com. 1 7200 900 1209600 86400
;; Query time: 30 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Sep 18 09:27:42 PDT 2024
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 121
I see that you have registered your domain on tucows.com. Please ensure that you are providing them the right DNS servers. It can get a little confusing with Lightsail and Route53 as LightSail has its own DNS hosting and DNS servers. It could also be a situation that the A record is not set correctly as you can see from the dig response. There is no IP address associated with the A record.
Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
All the best.
As noted above, please follow the directions here to complete your DNS setup. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/lightsail-how-to-create-dns-entry.html#lightail-change-the-name-servers
Hope this helps!
I keep getting lost. My registrar has changed several times through companies changing hands. It is now Web.com. I have set the records on Web.com to point to the aws.lightsail servers indicated for my getcloseto.us instance. The records below are copied from the registrar: NS-4.AWSDNS-00.COM NS-555.AWSDNS-05.NET NS-1880.AWSDNS-43.CO.UK NS-1366.AWSDNS-42.ORG On the Domains and DNS page, I go to https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/webapp/create/domain When I try to create a DNS zone it gives me an error saying that the domain is already registered.
I already have a static address, I don't know how to modify A.
Hi Gary,
As I mentioned earlier, if you have verified that the DNS entries are accurate, then I suggest that you check the records in the DNS Zone in AWS. A query on your domain name is not returning any results which means that there is no A (Address) record established.
Please set up the A in your LightSail DNS zone using these steps. I am assuming based on your comments that you are managing your DNS in Light Sail.
Let me know if you need any help.
answered 2 years ago
I get "Error CreateDomain[us-east-1]
Some names are already in use: getcloseto.us
400" when I try. I have no idea how to find or edit the getcloseto.us domain. The instructions indicate that I have to backup the data and the delete and restore the instance. I don't have enough disk space to backup the site.
I think that you are somehow duplicating some steps. In the instructions I sent you, you only need to follow the instructions in step 3: Add records to the DNS zone. Can you do that and check?
The error you have posted is what you get while creating the domain. Since you already have the domain setup and DNS zone ready, all you need to do is to create an A record.
Determine the IP address of the instance (I recommend getting a static IP for your instance). Use it to create the A record for your domain which points to the IP address of your instance.
Hope this helps.
Hi, Gary,
Thank you for reaching out, the error message you get indicate that you have some other Lightsail resource with the same name getcloseto.us, Make sure you use a unique name for your DNS zone, if you prefer to use getcloseto.us for your DNS zone, could you delete and recreate the other resource in your account with this name and name it something else.
Best Yujie
answered 2 years ago
Yujie: I really don't understand this. I have tried deleting zones and using the wizard to recreate. No matter which set of instructions I try, I get the same results. How do I determine the offending getcloseto.us entry? I have simple ptr entries for my zone and static IP Lightsail instance. Everything seems to work but DNS. I am on vacation right now, but am still fighting with this thing. There has to be a simple way to do this as a single procedure. It seems like you should be able to simply configure nameservers to route a domain to an IP address.
Static Address: 44.223.113.177 Domain: getcloseto.us
Current IP URL: http://44.223.113.177/
How do I determine the interfering zone? or how do I connect to that zone? I have transferred my getcloseto.us domain to AWS, but I still can't get DNS to configure HELP!
answered 2 years ago
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it is looking to me like I need to delete my instance and start over. I have to be off of my current web host, Ibrave.com by November as they are going out of business. As a result of changing DNS, the site is now offline except by direct IP address connection to my instance. I have no idea how to correct the A entry.
Please check my other comment. You do NOT need to delete the instance. All you need to do is to create the A record. I have posted the instructions on how to do that in the other comment.