# Point Domain to Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 Instance

1. Open the Amazon Route 53 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/).
2. If you are new to Amazon Route 53, you see a welcome page; choose **Get Started Now** for **DNS Management**. Otherwise, choose **Hosted Zones** in the navigation pane.
3. Choose **Create Hosted Zone**.
4. For **Domain Name**, type your domain name.
5. Choose **Create**.
6. Click the Hosted Zone, edit record set.
7. In the value, add `ec2-54-152-134-146.compute-1.amazonaws.com.`
8. Change your DNS file to point to the IPv4 address (This would be in something like GoDaddy).