Transferring a domain into Amazon Route 53

You can transfer a domain from your current registrar to Amazon 53, or from one AWS account to another, or from Route 53 to another registrar. This recipe will explain how to transfer a domain and DNS to Route 53.

Getting ready

There are a few minimum requirements:

• The domain registration or restoration with the previous registrar must be done at least 60 days before
• You cannot initiate a domain transfer if the current domain status is one of the following:
  • pendingDelete
  • pendingTransfer
  • redemptionPeriod
  • clientTransferProhibited
• Check whether Route 53 supports the TLD

How to do it...

1. Confirm that Route 53 supports the TLD; you can get a list of the supported TLD's here: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/registrar-tld-list.html.

2. Transfer the DNS:
   1. Create a Route 53 hosted zone to get the name server details.
   2. Create all the resource record sets in a newly created hosted zone.
3. Change the settings with your current registrar (this process can...