GoDaddy

Register a domain with GoDaddy and point it at your Solodev CMS deployment.

Register your domain

Step 1. Visit the GoDaddy website and search for the domain name you want. Check that it's available.

Step 2. If it's available, purchase it through GoDaddy's interface. This grants you ownership of the domain, typically on an annual basis.

Once registered, add the website to your Solodev CMS.

Point your domain at your CMS

DNS records tell the internet which server handles a domain. The two you'll typically need:

Record Description
A (Address) Links your domain name to the IP address of the server hosting your website's files.
CNAME (Canonical Name) Creates an alias for your domain pointing at another domain name -- commonly used when a load balancer distributes traffic across multiple servers.

Step 1. Get your website's IP address from your deployment's CloudFormation stack outputs.

Step 2. In GoDaddy's DNS management for your domain, create an A record for each of your backend CMS and frontend websites, with the destination set to that IP address, using simple routing.

Using AWS Route 53 for DNS instead? See Route53.