Domain registration in AWS - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Domain Registration with AWS Route 53

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a new website and need to register a domain name using AWS Route 53. This project will guide you through creating the necessary configuration to register a domain and prepare it for use.

🎯 Goal: Register a domain name exampledomain123.com using AWS Route 53 with the correct configuration settings.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a variable with the domain name exampledomain123.com

Add a configuration variable for the domain contact details

Create the AWS Route 53 domain registration resource with the domain name and contact details

Add the final configuration to enable auto-renewal for the domain

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Registering a domain is the first step to launching a website or online service. AWS Route 53 provides a way to manage domain names and DNS settings in one place.

💼 Career

Understanding domain registration and configuration is essential for cloud engineers, DevOps professionals, and anyone managing web infrastructure.

1

Create the domain name variable

Create a variable called domain_name and set it to the string "exampledomain123.com".

AWS

# Create a variable called domain_name and set it to "exampledomain123.com"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a simple assignment statement to create the variable.

2

Add domain contact details configuration

Create a dictionary called contact_details with the keys "FirstName", "LastName", "Email", and "PhoneNumber". Set their values to "John", "Doe", "[e-mail]", and "[phone]" respectively.

AWS

domain_name = "exampledomain123.com"
# Create a dictionary called contact_details with the required keys and values
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a dictionary with the exact keys and values as specified.

3

Create the AWS Route 53 domain registration resource

Create a dictionary called route53_domain_registration with the keys "DomainName" set to domain_name, and "RegistrantContact" set to contact_details. Also add the key "AdminContact" set to contact_details.

AWS

domain_name = "exampledomain123.com"
contact_details = {
    "FirstName": "John",
    "LastName": "Doe",
    "Email": "[e-mail]",
    "PhoneNumber": "[phone]"
}
# Create route53_domain_registration dictionary with DomainName, RegistrantContact, and AdminContact
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the variables you created earlier to set the values.

4

Enable auto-renewal for the domain

Add the key "AutoRenew" with the value True to the route53_domain_registration dictionary.

AWS

domain_name = "exampledomain123.com"
contact_details = {
    "FirstName": "John",
    "LastName": "Doe",
    "Email": "[e-mail]",
    "PhoneNumber": "[phone]"
}
route53_domain_registration = {
    "DomainName": domain_name,
    "RegistrantContact": contact_details,
    "AdminContact": contact_details
}
# Add AutoRenew key with value True to route53_domain_registration
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the dictionary key assignment syntax to add the new key and value.