Domain expertise for configuring Amazon Route 53 to route traffic to Amazon CloudFront distributions using custom domain names. Covers hosted zone management, alias A/AAAA records, alternate domain name (CNAME) configuration, and ACM certificate setup for HTTPS.
To set up a custom domain for a CloudFront distribution with Route 53 DNS, follow the procedure exactly.
See Route 53 CloudFront routing procedure.
Add the domain as an alternate domain name in the CloudFront distribution configuration before creating Route 53 records.
ACM certificates for CloudFront must be in us-east-1. Ensure the certificate is validated and associated with the distribution.
CloudFront only works with public hosted zones. Create a public hosted zone if only a private one exists.
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