How to Create a Subdomain in Amazon Route 53

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This quick article assumes that you already have your parent domain hosted in Route 53, and that you want to create a subdomain for it.

• Log in to AWS Console.
• Click Services, and search for “Route 53”.
• Click on “Hosted zones”.
• Click on “Create Hosted Zone”.
• Fill in the hosted zone details. In “Domain Name” make sure to enter the name of the subdomain. Make sure Type is “Public Hosted Zone”

• Click “Create”.
• You will be redirected to the hosted zone for the subdomain.
• Click on the NS record for the subdomain. Copy the values of the NS servers.

• Go back to “Hosted zones” and locate the hosted zone for the parent domain.
• Click on “Create Record Set”. Set Type as “NS”. Paste the name servers that were copied in a previous step.

• Click “Create”.
• You’re all set!