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AWS Route 53 DNS Setup

Prerequisites

Domain hosted zone created and nameservers delegated.

Steps

Add Alias Records for CloudFront

Complete this step after the CloudFront distribution is created.

  • AWS Console → Route 53 → Hosted zones → superloom.dev → Create record
Record nameTypeRoutingTarget
(blank — apex)ASimpleCloudFront distribution domain (Alias)
wwwASimpleCloudFront distribution domain (Alias)

For each record: enable Alias, select Alias to CloudFront distribution, choose the distribution from the dropdown.

Notes

  • ACM certificate DNS validation records (CNAME) are added automatically by ACM — no manual action needed here

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