How to setup nameservers with AWS Route 53

Introduction

The use of private/custom nameservers is fully supported on cPanel & WHM systems, but must first be set up with your domain registrar. The following is some guidances for setting this up with AWS Route 53.

Please note that AWS refers to these nameservers as "white-label nameservers".

Procedure

1. Create a Route 53 reusable delegation set.
2. Obtain your current nameserver IP addresses. These can be found by utilizing the "dig" command against your domain.

   • dig A +short $(dig NS +short example.com)

3. Create or edit your existing DNS Zone at Route 53 to include your nameserver IP addresses
4. Ensure that your NS and SOA records in your DNS Zone include your new private nameservers
5. Create the glue records at the registrar, whether that is AWS or another registrar.

Amazon has instructions in their own documentation that will be updated when any changes are made to this process, and will have more detail provided for each step.

White Label Nameservers (AWS Route 53 Docs)

Resources

How to set up nameservers with Domain Name Registrars

How to Set Up Nameservers in a cPanel Environment