Amazon Route 53 Domains

Overview

Amazon Route 53 is a scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) and is part of Amazon.com's cloud computing platform. Route53 Amazon offers domain registration services.

Activating the module

In order to activate the module login to your HostBill admin panel, go to Settings → Modules → Domain Modules, find and choose Amazon Route 53 Domains module and click Activate. 

Module configuration

Once you activate the module you will be redirected to module configuration page. To configure the activated module you can also go to Settings → Apps → Add New App.

Fill in the configuration fields:

1. Name of the application
2. Access Key
3. Secret Key

Then proceed to adding your nameservers:

1. Primary Nameserver
2. Primary Nameserver IP

Use Test Configuration to check if HostBill can connect.

Click on Add New Connection.

Obtaining API Token from Amazon Route 53

First of all, you must have an active Amazon AWS console account.

Log in to your Amazon AWS console.

To use the Amazon Route 53 Domains, you need to create Access key and Secret key:

1. Go to the top right menu of the page {Username} → My security credentials → Access Keys
2. Click the Create New Access Key button
3. Copy the created keys and put in the fields that are in the app configurations. Click the Save changes button.
   
   

Configuring TLD & domain prices 

Please see external article to learn how to configure TLDs and domain prices. 

Configuring customer domain management features

Please see external article to learn how to configure client domain management features.