Redirect a domain to another domain using Amazon Route 53

In this blog, we will explore how to redirect a domain to another domain using Amazon Route 53

Requirement

• You have a domain abc.com and DNS is configured on Route 53
• You have another domain abc.ca which needs to redirect to abc.com

Solution

For domain forwarding, you need to follow the below steps

1. Create S3 bucket with name abc.ca
2. Enable the static website hosting with redirect option
3. Create A record in Route53 for hosted zone abc.ca which will point to S3 bucket endpoint

NOTE: If you need www.abc.ca also redirects to abc.com then do the same steps as you do for abc.ca

Create S3 bucket

Click on Create bucket