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Hey everyone,

I use Lightsail for building my website, I just hit my quota for DNS zones on my Lightsail account so I was advised to use Route 53, I have created a hosted zone with the domain, which was purchased from a third party. I use the "Set up your WordPress website" on the Lightsail dashboard but don't have any option to use this domain, I'd be very grateful if someone could help me.

Thank you, Luke

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Hey..lucke

In this situation, if you're using Route 53 instead of Lightsail's DNS, here's a clear solution to resolve your issue:

1.Get your Lightsail static IP:

  • From your Lightsail dashboard, find the static public IP of your instance (the one running your WordPress website).

2.Add an A record in Route 53:

  • Go to the Route 53 dashboard.
  • Navigate to your hosted zone (the one associated with your domain).
  • Create an A record in the hosted zone.
  • Name: Leave blank or use "www" if you want to direct traffic from www.yourdomain.com.
  • Type: A (for IPv4 address).
  • Value: Enter your Lightsail static public IP here.
  • Save the record.

3.Update your third-party domain:

  • Go to your domain registrar (the place where you purchased your domain) and update the nameservers to point to the Route 53 nameservers listed in your hosted zone.

This way, your domain will point to your Lightsail instance through Route 53, resolving the DNS issue. i hope this will helpful!!

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answered 2 years ago

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Hello.

If you are using Route53, I think you just need to add an A record with Lightsail's static public IP address to the Route53 hosted zone.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/resource-record-sets-creating.html

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