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Route 53

DNS Management

Amazon Route 53 manages DNS for amply-impact.org.

Hosted Zone​

HostedZone:
  Name: amply-impact.org
  Type: Public

DNS Records​

Root Domain​

# Root domain → CloudFront
- Name: amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: dxxxxx.cloudfront.net
    HostedZoneId: Z2FDTNDATAQYW2    # CloudFront hosted zone

- Name: amply-impact.org
  Type: AAAA
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: dxxxxx.cloudfront.net
    HostedZoneId: Z2FDTNDATAQYW2

WWW Subdomain​

# www → same as root
- Name: www.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: dxxxxx.cloudfront.net
    HostedZoneId: Z2FDTNDATAQYW2

API Subdomain​

# API → ALB
- Name: api.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: amply-api-alb-xxxxx.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com
    HostedZoneId: Z215JYRZR1TBD5   # ALB hosted zone (eu-central-1)

Docs Subdomain​

# Docs → Netlify
- Name: docs.amply-impact.org
  Type: CNAME
  TTL: 300
  ResourceRecords:
    - amply-docs.netlify.app

Widgets Subdomain​

# Widgets → CloudFront
- Name: widgets.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: dyyyyy.cloudfront.net
    HostedZoneId: Z2FDTNDATAQYW2

Email (SES)​

# MX records (if using SES for receiving)
- Name: amply-impact.org
  Type: MX
  TTL: 300
  ResourceRecords:
    - "10 inbound-smtp.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com"

# SPF
- Name: amply-impact.org
  Type: TXT
  TTL: 300
  ResourceRecords:
    - "v=spf1 include:amazonses.com ~all"

# DKIM
- Name: xxxxx._domainkey.amply-impact.org
  Type: CNAME
  TTL: 300
  ResourceRecords:
    - xxxxx.dkim.amazonses.com

# DMARC
- Name: _dmarc.amply-impact.org
  Type: TXT
  TTL: 300
  ResourceRecords:
    - "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc@amply-impact.org"

Verification Records​

# Domain verification (if needed)
- Name: _amazonses.amply-impact.org
  Type: TXT
  TTL: 300
  ResourceRecords:
    - "verification-token-from-aws"

# Google/other verifications
- Name: amply-impact.org
  Type: TXT
  TTL: 300
  ResourceRecords:
    - "google-site-verification=xxxxx"

Environment Subdomains​

Staging​

- Name: staging.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: staging-cloudfront.cloudfront.net

- Name: api.staging.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: staging-alb.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com

Sandbox​

- Name: sandbox.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: sandbox-cloudfront.cloudfront.net

- Name: api.sandbox.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: sandbox-alb.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com

Health Checks​

# API health check
HealthCheck:
  Name: amply-api-health
  Type: HTTPS
  FullyQualifiedDomainName: api.amply-impact.org
  Port: 443
  ResourcePath: /health
  RequestInterval: 30
  FailureThreshold: 3

  # CloudWatch alarm on failure
  AlarmIdentifier:
    Name: route53-api-unhealthy
    Region: us-east-1

Traffic Policies​

For future multi-region:

# Geolocation routing
TrafficPolicy:
  Name: amply-geo-routing
  Document:
    AWSPolicyFormatVersion: "2015-10-01"
    RecordType: A
    Endpoints:
      eu-endpoint:
        Type: cloudfront-distribution
        Value: dxxxxx.cloudfront.net
      us-endpoint:
        Type: cloudfront-distribution
        Value: dyyyyy.cloudfront.net
    Rules:
      - GeolocationRule:
          Locations:
            - EU
          RuleReference: eu-endpoint
      - GeolocationRule:
          Locations:
            - NA
          RuleReference: us-endpoint

Dev​

# Dev dashboard → CloudFront
- Name: dashboard.dev.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: dlglnald08jfq.cloudfront.net
    HostedZoneId: Z2FDTNDATAQYW2

# Dev API → ALB
- Name: api.dev.amply-impact.org
  Type: A
  AliasTarget:
    DNSName: amply-dev-alb-1911956868.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com
    HostedZoneId: Z215JYRZR1TBD5

Complete Record Summary​

RecordTypeTarget
amply-impact.orgACloudFront
www.amply-impact.orgACloudFront
api.amply-impact.orgAALB
docs.amply-impact.orgCNAMENetlify
widgets.amply-impact.orgACloudFront
api.dev.amply-impact.orgAALB (dev)
dashboard.dev.amply-impact.orgACloudFront (dev)
staging.amply-impact.orgACloudFront (staging)
api.staging.amply-impact.orgAALB (staging)
sandbox.amply-impact.orgACloudFront (sandbox)
api.sandbox.amply-impact.orgAALB (sandbox)

Cost​

  • Hosted zone: $0.50/month
  • Queries: $0.40 per million
  • Health checks: $0.50/month each

Estimated: ~$2/month

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