Create a HTTPS proxy to another url. eg. point https://your-own-domain.com to https://foo.bar.com
- know the ip
your-own-domain.comis currently pointing to (aka the current A dns record) - be able to change the NS dns record of
your-own-domain.com - aws account
- terraform installed (I have
Terraform v0.13.5+provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws v3.18.0) - terraform can access aws account
1.) checkout code for step a-prep-aws
git checkout a-prep-aws
2.) create whatever.tfvars file
domain_name = "your-own-domain.com"
region="us-east-1"
3.) run terraform
terraform init
terraform apply -var-file=whatever.tfvars`
This is to keep your website up, during the time it takes for steps (C.) and (D.) If you don't mind your previous site not working for a while, or if you don't have a current use for your domain yet, then you can feel free to skip this.
1.) checkout code for step b-aws-to-old-website
git checkout b-aws-to-old-websitee
2.) change whatever.tfvars file (you can reuse the one from step (A.))
domain_name = "your-own-domain.com"
region="us-east-1"
current_ip = "000.000.000.000"
3.) run terraform
terraform init
terraform apply -var-file=whatever.tfvars`
Setup aws as DNS instead of old one. If you've done step (B.) you should have the same situation as before: your url still points to the old website. But you should be going through the aws dns, instead of the previous one.
1.) get the dns NS entry
You can see this in aws console - route53 - hosted zones - your-own-domain.com -> Hosted zone details
Name servers
ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.net.
ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.org.
ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.co.uk.
ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.com.
2.) change the NS dns record on your domain registrar to match the one from aws
3.) wait until changes are complete
nslookup -type=ns your-own-domain.com
Can be used to check if the changes have propagated through the internet to reach you. It should return something like this:
your-own-domain.com nameserver = ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.net.
your-own-domain.com nameserver = ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.org.
your-own-domain.com nameserver = ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.co.uk.
your-own-domain.com nameserver = ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.com.
which should be the stuff from step (1.)
This change can take a while. (like up to 48 hours or so? not sure)
Here we'll proxy https://your-own-domain.com to https://foo.bar.com
1.) checkout code for step d-proxy-to-new-site
git checkout d-proxy-to-new-site
2.) change whatever.tfvars file (you can reuse the one from step (A.) and (B.))
domain_name = "your-own-domain.com"
region="us-east-1"
proxy_target_domain_name = "foo.bar.com"
3.) run terraform
terraform init
terraform apply -var-file=whatever.tfvars`