Connect your domain

Connect your domain with AWS Route 53

Your domain is managed in Amazon Route 53. The record goes inside your domain's "hosted zone", where all of its DNS settings live.

• 11 quick steps
• About 2 minutes
• You only do this once
• HTTPS is automatic

The record you are adding

Droply shows your exact record on the Domains page of your dashboard. It looks like this (copy your own values from there):

Steps in AWS Route 53

The words in bold are exactly what to look for and click in AWS Route 53.

1. Open the Route 53 console and sign in to your AWS account (use an account that can edit DNS).
2. In the left navigation pane, choose Hosted zones.
3. On the Hosted zones page, click the name of the hosted zone for your domain.
4. Click the orange Create record button on the right.
5. If a step-by-step wizard opens, click Switch to quick create for the simple form.
6. Leave the routing policy as Simple routing (the default).
7. In Record name, type only the label Droply gave you (for example www), or leave it empty for the root domain.
8. Open the Record type dropdown and pick the type Droply shows you (CNAME, or TXT).
9. In the Value field, paste the target Droply shows you (the one above).
10. You can leave TTL (seconds) at its default; lowering it to 300 makes changes show up faster.
11. Click Create records at the bottom right, and repeat for any second record.

Good to know

• Record name = label only. Route 53 adds your domain automatically, so enter just www, not www.yourdomain.com. For the root domain itself, leave the field empty.
• The root domain cannot use a plain CNAME (a DNS rule). If Droply asks for a root CNAME, point a subdomain like www instead, or contact us about an alternative.
• If you do not see a hosted zone for your domain, your DNS is managed elsewhere; add the record there instead.
• Make sure you are editing a Public hosted zone, not a Private one.
• Changes usually reach Route 53 within about 60 seconds, but can take longer to be visible everywhere.

After you save

That is the only step on your side. DNS changes take a few minutes to spread across the internet (sometimes up to an hour). You do not need to do anything else: Droply checks automatically and turns your domain live the moment it is ready, with HTTPS set up and renewed for you forever. Grab a coffee and come back in a bit.