Domain Transfer Successful but DNS still points to old name servers

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I purchased the domain singlearity.com from Sedo and transferred the domain to route53.

Route53 says "Domain transfer successful: Sent email to registrant contact: transfer is complete (step 14 of 14)". This message was generated 4 days ago.

I've created a hosted zone on route53 for my new domain with NS and SOA records. However, my domain is still pointing at the old name servers and my domain still resolves to the IPs. I'm using dig _trace _all www.singlearity.com and there is no sign of AWS in the results.

Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

asked 4 years ago1160 views
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Hi,

Name servers appear in three places, and typically they should all be in synch:
~ The name servers that Route 53 assigns to a hosted zone when you create it. These are the "master" name servers and cannot be changed. Name servers in the other locations usually match these.
~ The name servers in the NS record in the hosted zone.
~ The name servers that are associated with the domain registration. These are the name servers that control which DNS configuration is in use.

For singlearity.com, the "master" name servers match the name servers in the NS record, but the name servers in the domain registration are different.

To fix that, do the following:

  1. Get the name servers that Route 53 assigned to the hosted zone when you created it. 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

  1. Update the domain registration to use the four 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

After you finish, it will take a couple of days for you to be able to see your website again because DNS resolvers typically cache the names of name servers for two days. (Folks who use different DNS resolvers will be able to see your website as soon as you make the change. You might also be able to see your website from your phone.) For an overview of how DNS works, including the part about resolver caching, see "How Amazon Route 53 routes traffic for your domain":

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/welcome-dns-service.html#welcome-dns-service-how-route-53-routes-traffic

Scott

EXPERT
answered 4 years ago
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Thank you Scott!!! That worked.

answered 4 years ago

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