CONNECT YOUR DOMAIN

Connect your domain: DNS guides by provider

Two records (an A and a CNAME) at the company that holds your domain. Remo never asks for your password; you add them yourself, following the screens of your provider. Your account shows the same guide with your own domain and the exact values.

Amazon Route 53

console.aws.amazon.com/route53 → Hosted zones → your domain → the record

  1. 1. Open the hosted zone

    Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open console.aws.amazon.com/route53. Hosted zones → click yourbusiness.com. Two zones with the same name? The public one whose nameservers match your registrar's.
    Amazon Route 53 · Hosted zonesHosted zonesyourbusiness.comOpenanother-domain.comOpenexample-store.netOpenclick Open on your domainSchematic of Amazon Route 53's screen — labels may differ slightly.
  2. 2. Edit the root A record

    Tick the row Record name yourbusiness.com, Type A. In the Edit record pane: if it's an Alias, switch Alias off; Value 147.182.236.145, TTL 300, Save changes. No such row? Create record: Record name EMPTY (not @), Record type A, Value 147.182.236.145, TTL 300, Simple routing, Create records.
    Amazon Route 53 · Hosted zone › RecordsHosted zone › RecordsCreate recordRECORD NAMETYPEVALUETTLA@34.120.55.101 Hour✎edit this row → 147.182.236.145CNAMEwwwyourbusiness.com1 HourMX@mail.yourbusiness.com1 HourTXT@v=spf1 …1 HourSchematic of Amazon Route 53's records table — your rows will differ; find Type A, Name @.
  3. 3. Delete the old www record

    Row www.yourbusiness.com Type A (or Alias): tick it → Delete record → Delete.
    Amazon Route 53 · RecordsRecordswww.yourbusiness.com A old address → Delete recordSchematic of Amazon Route 53's screen.
  4. 4. Create the www CNAME

    Create record: Record name www, Record type CNAME, Value sites.remobuilds.com, TTL 300, Create records.
    Amazon Route 53 · Create recordCreate recordRECORD NAMEwwwtype exactly thisRECORD TYPECNAMEtype exactly thisVALUEsites.remobuilds.comtype exactly thisTTL300SaveSchematic of Amazon Route 53's record form — the field names may differ slightly.
  5. 5. Come back and check

    Press Check my domain here: about 60 seconds.
    Check my domainYour Remo account · Your domain✓A @ → 147.182.236.145✓CNAME www → sites.remobuilds.comCheck my domainboth green = you're liveThis is what you're aiming for on this page: both records green.

Watch out

I don't see the hosted zone

It may be in another AWS account (Route 53 is global, the region doesn't matter): ask whoever set up the website.

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