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I can access my webiste with IP address but not domain (altum.fo). I'm using a small mandatory local registrar (okisnavn.fo) but hosting it on AWS Route 53. I've changed the NS records on the registrar to given NS records for Route 53 and added a A record to Route 53 pointing to a static IP that the webserver running my webiste is on (AWS Lightsail).
Hosted Zone and Records
I have the following records on Route 53
The NS records from Route 53 are also registered on the domain registrar as a WHOIS lookup shows:
Name Server: NS-70.AWSDNS-08.COM
Name Server: NS-1365.AWSDNS-42.ORG
Name Server: NS-997.AWSDNS-60.NET
Name Server: NS-1879.AWSDNS-42.CO.UK
My app instance on AWS Lightsail is attached to the static IP 18.201.0.238 which the A record at Route 53 is pointing too.
DNS checkers and troubleshooting
I've used a multitude of DNS checkers and some of the records are found by some servers but never all servers. This is the case for DNS Propagation Checker when looking for A and NS records. I've been told to use dnsviz.net analyis which gives these results: DNS viz analysis results but i am not able to understand what the errors are as i am not (as you might have guessed) experienced in running/hosting/registering a website domain.
Timeline
- Registered my domain early in August of this year
- Made a Hosted Zone on AWS Route 53 in 2022-09-01
- Changed NS records at domain registrar on the same day
- Created Lightsail instance and attached static IP the day after (2022-09-02)
- Added A record for static IP to Route 53
Help
I'm at a loss. I cannot comprehend what is going wrong as i am not able to pin point at what stage i'm doing a mistake or at what point of the DNS request the error occurs. Any pointers, hints or debugging help will be greatly appreciated.
curl --head http://altum.fo
showsHTTP/1.1 200 OK
. Howeverhttps://altum.fo
doesn't have a valid security certificate.curl --head http://www.altum.fo
showscurl: (6) Could not resolve host: www.altum.fo
but that may resolve itself in 48 hours because each of your name servers is returning the value correctly now:dig www.altum.fo @ns-1879.awsdns-42.co.uk.
showswww.altum.fo. 300 IN CNAME altum.fo.