From cc11a4636764ac1ce119dbb2e6ac49ddc410a50b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Shaw <jon.shaw@jassoft.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:22:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Change Route53 Record to Alias instead of CNAME

---
 author-api.tf  | 10 +++++++---
 author.tf      | 10 +++++++---
 global_vars.tf |  1 -
 publisher.tf   | 10 +++++++---
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/author-api.tf b/author-api.tf
index 473f612..df28c39 100644
--- a/author-api.tf
+++ b/author-api.tf
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ resource "aws_alb_listener_rule" "author-api" {
 resource "aws_route53_record" "author-api" {
   zone_id = "${data.aws_route53_zone.dns_zone.id}"
   name    = "${var.env}-author-api.${var.dns_zone_name}"
-  type    = "CNAME"
-  ttl     = "60"
-  records = ["${data.aws_alb.eq.dns_name}"]
+  type    = "A"
+
+  alias {
+    name                   = "${data.aws_alb.eq.dns_name}"
+    zone_id                = "${data.aws_alb.eq.zone_id}"
+    evaluate_target_health = false
+  }
 }
 
 data "template_file" "author-api" {
diff --git a/author.tf b/author.tf
index 10ce53c..0f5375a 100644
--- a/author.tf
+++ b/author.tf
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ resource "aws_alb_listener_rule" "author" {
 resource "aws_route53_record" "author" {
   zone_id = "${data.aws_route53_zone.dns_zone.id}"
   name    = "${var.env}-author.${var.dns_zone_name}"
-  type    = "CNAME"
-  ttl     = "60"
-  records = ["${data.aws_alb.eq.dns_name}"]
+  type    = "A"
+
+  alias {
+    name                   = "${data.aws_alb.eq.dns_name}"
+    zone_id                = "${data.aws_alb.eq.zone_id}"
+    evaluate_target_health = false
+  }
 }
 
 data "template_file" "author" {
diff --git a/global_vars.tf b/global_vars.tf
index 92e73fb..fe42951 100644
--- a/global_vars.tf
+++ b/global_vars.tf
@@ -82,4 +82,3 @@ variable "firebase_messaging_sender_id" {
 variable "schema_validator_url" {
   description = "The URL for the schema validator service"
 }
-
diff --git a/publisher.tf b/publisher.tf
index 1ab4dd9..3c84d03 100644
--- a/publisher.tf
+++ b/publisher.tf
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ resource "aws_alb_listener_rule" "publisher" {
 resource "aws_route53_record" "publisher" {
   zone_id = "${data.aws_route53_zone.dns_zone.id}"
   name    = "${var.env}-publisher.${var.dns_zone_name}"
-  type    = "CNAME"
-  ttl     = "60"
-  records = ["${data.aws_alb.eq.dns_name}"]
+  type    = "A"
+
+  alias {
+    name                   = "${data.aws_alb.eq.dns_name}"
+    zone_id                = "${data.aws_alb.eq.zone_id}"
+    evaluate_target_health = false
+  }
 }
 
 data "template_file" "publisher" {