How do I associate my domain name with my AWS applications?

Question

I've just started using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and I'm still learning about how it works and what features it provides. I have successfully built two of the sample Java web apps and uploaded them to hosted instances on AWS. If I go to the Elastic Beanstalk tab in my AWS Management Console, I can see each of my hosted web apps, including a URL link to each webapp. The URLs are of the format:

http://myinstancename.elasticbeanstalk.com

I also own a personal domain name. Let's call it "mydomain.com". The domain registrar provides a DNS maintenance page where I can change the A and CNAME records for my domains.

QUESTION: Is it possible for me to configure my domain DNS in conjunction with my AWS account such that I can make my AWS-hosted web apps appear with URLs like this:

http://myinstancename.mydomain.com

Answer 1

I would suggest you use an Elastic IP and a Route 53 hosted zone:

• Create and attach an elastic IP to one of your instances
• Create a Hosted Zone and add the domain name as your wish. 
• Add the Nameservers
• Wait from few minutes to 2 days for the DNS propagation

Elastic IP is free of charge and you can up to 5 at a time for free. But if you don’t use it, you will be charged a little.

Also, check out this blog to understand how Route 53 works and how to create a hosted zone.

https://intellipaat.com/blog/what-is-aws-route53/