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Using a domain registered at AWS or Amazon Registrar

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Updated over 2 weeks ago

  1. Go to https://aws.amazon.com/.

  2. Sign in to your AWS Management Console.

  3. From the AWS Console, search for “Route 53” in the search bar.

  4. Click on Route 53 → then select Hosted Zones in the left-hand menu.

  5. Choose the domain name you want to connect to your Zarla website.

  6. Add the A Record

  7. Click Create record.

  8. Choose Simple routing → then click Next.

  9. Under Record name, leave it blank (this connects your root domain, e.g., yourdomain.com).

  10. Select Record type: A – Routes traffic to an IPv4 address.

  11. In the Value field, enter Zarla’s IP address: 109.105.219.109

  12. Click Create records to save it.

  13. Add the CNAME Record

  14. Click Create record again.

  15. Under Record name, type www

  16. Select Record type: CNAME.

  17. In the Value field, enter your Zarla domain target: custom.zarlasites.com

  18. Click Create records to save it.
    Note: If you see any other A name record and CNAME record except the Zarla records we want you to add, please delete those other ones.
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    Once you've finished all those steps, please let us know and we'll check that it is all pointed correctly and set your domain live.

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