DNS no A Record - need advice

Question

I ordered a domain and hosted zone in Route 53, then configured it (name servers are the same) and inserted an A record (I used the Elastic IP from my instance in the value area). I don't get an A record on the dig test! ; <<>> DiG 9.18.18-0ubuntu0.22.04.1-Ubuntu <<>> mywebsite.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 33874 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ; mywebsite .com. IN A

;; Query time: 100 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Fri Dec 15 00:07:39 CET 2023 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 42

any advice?!

Answer

Sorry, I'm a beginner, what does "DNS has not propagated everywhere" mean?
I configured the domain, host zone and instance 24 hours ago

Answer

I'm guessing you purchased the domain through a third party because you mention setting up nameservers (when you buy a domain through Route 53, a public hosted zone is created automatically with the NS records setup for you).

Nameserver records typically have a TTL (time-to-live) value of 24 or 48 hours, which means if you update the NS records for a domain it will take up to that length of time for the change to propagate to other DNS servers across the inernet.

AWS recommends shortening the NS TTL value to something like 5 minutes when delegating the administration of a domain, and once everything is proved to be working alright this can be put back to its initial value - see steps 4 thru 9 of https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/migrate-dns-domain-in-use.html

When you do a **whois** on your domain, either at https://who.is/ or on the command line, do you see the Route 53 nameservers listed?

DNS no A Record - need advice

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