How to set up multitenant Route53 subdomains with parent domain not on Route53?
Solution 1:
In order to do this, you will need an NS record on the zone hosted at DnsMadeEasy for each subdomain. This action is called "delegating a subdomain" to an external DNS server. Here's the DNS Made Easy guide for that.
For instance, you would need an NS record in the parent zone for: tenant1.example.com
, which points to the four namserver addresses assigned to you when you create a tenant1.example.com
hosted zone in Amazon Route 53.
Create your hosted subdomains in Amazon Route 53:
Then make sure DNS Made Easy has an entry like this for each subdomain: