AWS Route 53

How to make a domain managed on AWS Route 53 point to your OtterRoute node.

What to create

In the OtterRoute panel the domain shows you the records to create. In essence:

Type	Name	Value
A	cdn (or the chosen subdomain)	the public IPv4 of the node (or of your proxy)
AAAA	same	the IPv6, if you use it
CNAME	cdn	a name that already points to the node (subdomains only, never the apex)

Steps

1. Route 53 console → Hosted zones → your zone → Create record.
2. Type A (or AAAA), name, value = node IP, TTL as you like.
3. Save.

Things to watch

• Apex: you cannot create a CNAME on the apex. Route 53 offers Alias records, but only towards AWS resources (CloudFront, ELB, S3 buckets configured as websites, another record in the same zone…), not towards an arbitrary IP or domain. If the node is not on AWS, on the apex use an A record with its IP.
• An Alias record towards an AWS resource has no editable TTL: it uses the resource's.
• A CNAME answers for any query type; an Alias only if name and type match.

Verifying

dig +short cdn.example.com
curl -i http://cdn.example.com/.well-known/otterroute/check

Then press Recheck in the panel: verification runs exactly these two tests (DNS, then HTTP on port 80 with the node's proof). See Domains and DNS and Troubleshooting.

Official sources — verified on 2026-09-26

• Alias and CNAME in Route 53

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