The DNX Well Architected Foundation requires the creation of some entries in the DNS service to validate the hosted zones and security certificates that will be issued by the ACM (AWS Certificate Manager) of AWS.

This document is intended to provide the information necessary to perform this task using the AWS DNS Service (Route53).

Create a name server (NS) record

1.Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53.

2. In the navigation pane, click Hosted zones.
3. On the Hosted zones page, choose your domain.

4. On the Records Panel click on Create record button.



5. On the Quick create record page enter the information sent by the DNX Team.

  • Record name:
  • Record type:
  • Value:



   6. Click Create records button. Your new NS record will be created.


Create a CNAME record


1.Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53.

2. In the navigation pane, click Hosted zones.

3. On the Hosted zones page, choose your domain.

4. On the Records panel click on Create record button.


5. On the Quick create record page enter the information sent by the DNX Team.

  • Record name:
  • Record type:
  • Value:



6. Click on Create records button. Your new CNAME record will be created.