DNS problems when cloning AWS instance

Hello, I hope I am writing this thread in the correct section, because as of now I haven't been able to pinpoint my issue, but it definitely looks like a DNS one. I am originally a front-end dev, so my knowledge in the area is limited, but currently I'm it for SYS admin stuff as well, so I am hoping to get some help here. In summary I have cloned an EC2 instance in AWS in order to make a development version of our website. I have also registered a new domain with Route53 and pointed it to an elastic IP that is linked to my new instance. Now I assume this bit is all correct, since I have done it before and also, if I try to access mydomain.com:2083 I can access cpanel (same for port 2087 and WHM). The problem appears when I try to access mydomain.com . I get presented with cpanel's general error page: SORRY! If you are the owner of this website, please contact your hosting provider. I think this is probably because: There has been a server misconfiguration. My domain's /var/named/mydomain.com.db looks like this:



; cPanel first:11.51.9999.165 (update_time):1447908267 Cpanel::ZoneFile::VERSION:1.3 hostname:ip-100-0-0-59.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal latest:11.53.9999.69
; Zone file for mydomain.com
$TTL 14400
mydomain.com.      86400   IN      SOA     ns1.mydomain.com.  caue.mydomain.com.     (
                                                2015111306 ;Serial Number
                                                86400 ;refresh
                                                7200 ;retry
                                                3600000 ;expire
                                                86400 ;minimum
        )
mydomain.com.      86400   IN      NS      ns1.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com.      86400   IN      NS      ns2.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com.      14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
mydomain.com.      14400   IN      MX      0       mydomain.com.
mail    14400   IN      CNAME   mydomain.com.
www     14400   IN      CNAME   mydomain.com.
ftp     14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
default._domainkey      14400   IN      TXT     "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA7dXslEV9N62XUa9opiVwbczPUWTIWwnWSciCtv99mycXrKjc8poJJY5BtGwg6ENzSZIrSnbn3imVnIBYWheFc8OCWoS5oYQg+IGnOyVlKw7vaqY+ppZgJdoOHbX8ksrvcEUO29hH8c3bZdkBqfJHcxBaW/8JOXlmdAljLlVjnPPuDt1yEP6/w25dUqG5w/X3I" twU4JwKH4dbSOpcBRV0qVX/8mBY6l3TL3Wv4DqMFUWFCHtnFCFj+ZXnMvzDjdVUg8g0ms0xAa/96S+kLek4v/790W2lNNLXXNTNZGCFTbMGAM94Jt+TQWc6Tok7VH8uSJj+Ha38u9EqEscbLzS+yQIDAQAB\;
cpanel  14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
webdisk 14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
cpcalendars     14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
cpcontacts      14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
whm     14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
webmail 14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
ns1     14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159
ns2     14400   IN      A       52.74.141.159

What I have done so far: I have removed the previous domain from WHM. I have changed WHM initial configuration to include a new hostname and nameservers. I have changed my account on WHM to match the new IP and domain. I am not sure if I am providing all the information required for someone to help me, but please ask me if you need more. Thank you very much for taking the effort to help me out!

keat63

November 20, 2015 11:04

If this is a new domain on cpanel, did you remove the default index.html file ?

Caue Motta

November 21, 2015 10:52

Weel, I have cloned an entire instance that was already running cpanel with a domain installed. In fact, that was the whole point, since the new instance will be an exact copy of the first one... so basically I just wanted to get a successful installation of cpanel and change its IP and domain...

cPanelMichael

November 23, 2015 17:46

Hello :) You can use a website such as IntoDNS to verify the name server and name server IP addresses are properly configured and the domain name resolves to the correct IP address. Thank you.

November 23, 2015 21:45

Hello, Michael! I have tried that... The only error I get is for MX records (but I am not using mail for this domain) and this one for WWW A record: WWW A Record ERROR: I could not get any A records for www.mydomain.com! (I only do a cache request, if you recently added a WWW A record, it might not show up here.) But the funny thing is that I do have A records set for the domain... =/

December 10, 2015 18:22

Does the domain name resolve to the correct IP address from your local machine? Thank you.

DNS problems when cloning AWS instance

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