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+<GitHub discussion={{"id":"D_kwDOF8slf84AS4ZF","number":679,"author":{"login":"jeffreymlewis"},"title":"Adding an AWS account to an existing Reference Architecture deployment","body":"\r\nHello,\r\n\r\nI'm adding an AWS account to our existing Reference Arch setup. I found this document very useful.\r\n\r\nhttps://docs.gruntwork.io/guides/reference-architecture/example-usage-guide/adding-a-new-account/intro\r\n\r\nHowever, this doc doesn't explain how to setup domain names for the new account, and it seems the service catalog [route53 module](https://github.com/gruntwork-io/terraform-aws-service-catalog/tree/master/modules/networking/route53) cannot handle this either. (Validation of the ACM cert fails, I assume because the new domain name is not registered.) KB article https://github.com/gruntwork-io/knowledge-base/discussions/20 indicates that the domain & Route53 need to be setup manually. What are the steps for this?\r\n\r\nThanks,\r\nJeffrey\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n<ins datetime=\"2023-03-10T16:21:16Z\">\r\n  <p><a href=\"https://support.gruntwork.io/hc/requests/109973\">Tracked in ticket #109973</a></p>\r\n</ins>\r\n","bodyHTML":"<p dir=\"auto\">Hello,</p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">I'm adding an AWS account to our existing Reference Arch setup. I found this document very useful.</p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https://docs.gruntwork.io/guides/reference-architecture/example-usage-guide/adding-a-new-account/intro\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://docs.gruntwork.io/guides/reference-architecture/example-usage-guide/adding-a-new-account/intro</a></p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">However, this doc doesn't explain how to setup domain names for the new account, and it seems the service catalog <a href=\"https://github.com/gruntwork-io/terraform-aws-service-catalog/tree/master/modules/networking/route53\">route53 module</a> cannot handle this either. (Validation of the ACM cert fails, I assume because the new domain name is not registered.) KB article <a class=\"issue-link js-issue-link\" data-error-text=\"Failed to load title\" data-id=\"3552879\" data-permission-text=\"Title is private\" data-url=\"https://github.com/gruntwork-io/knowledge-base/discussions/20\" data-hovercard-type=\"discussion\" data-hovercard-url=\"/gruntwork-io/knowledge-base/discussions/20/hovercard\" href=\"https://github.com/gruntwork-io/knowledge-base/discussions/20\">#20</a> indicates that the domain &amp; Route53 need to be setup manually. What are the steps for this?</p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Thanks,<br>\nJeffrey</p>\n<hr>\n<ins datetime=\"2023-03-10T16:21:16Z\">\n  <p dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https://support.gruntwork.io/hc/requests/109973\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tracked in ticket #109973</a></p>\n</ins>","answer":{"body":"Hey @jeffreymlewis, there's a few options you can use to setup domain names:\r\n\r\n* You can use the [Gruntwork CLI](https://github.com/gruntwork-io/gruntwork#bootstrap-the-domain-names) to register your domain name in the account\r\n\r\n* You can configure the domains through through the AWS Console (or AWS CLI)\r\n  * [AWS Documentation: Registering a new domain](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-register.html)\r\n  * [AWS Documentation: Configuring DNS routing for a new domain](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/dns-configuring-new-domain.html) (when you register a new domain AWS will automatically configure Route53: creating the hosted zone, creating and configuring the name servers)","bodyHTML":"<p dir=\"auto\">Hey <a class=\"user-mention notranslate\" data-hovercard-type=\"user\" data-hovercard-url=\"/users/jeffreymlewis/hovercard\" data-octo-click=\"hovercard-link-click\" data-octo-dimensions=\"link_type:self\" href=\"https://github.com/jeffreymlewis\">@jeffreymlewis</a>, there's a few options you can use to setup domain names:</p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>\n<p dir=\"auto\">You can use the <a href=\"https://github.com/gruntwork-io/gruntwork#bootstrap-the-domain-names\">Gruntwork CLI</a> to register your domain name in the account</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"auto\">You can configure the domains through through the AWS Console (or AWS CLI)</p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-register.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">AWS Documentation: Registering a new domain</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/dns-configuring-new-domain.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">AWS Documentation: Configuring DNS routing for a new domain</a> (when you register a new domain AWS will automatically configure Route53: creating the hosted zone, creating and configuring the name servers)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>"}}} />
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