AWS Lightsail domain unreachable

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I created a NodeJS instance, set the nameservers in the domain host, and added a few records for www and other subdomains.

I can only access the instance via public IP, and subdomains, but the main domain is not reachable ("server DNS address could not be found").

These are the domains and subdomains:

Main: jazzpiano.tv (unreachable)
en.jazzpiano.tv
www.jazzpiano.tv

I'm still waiting for the 72 hours period to pass in order to see what happens, still I find odd that subdomains ARE currently reachable but not the root domain.

Any help will be mostly appreciated.

Is this normal? Is there anything else I can do except waiting (and praying to God) after 72 hs. my domain will work?

Thanks

Best Answer

Ok, so the problem was a combination of a lack of understanding of the AWS Lightsail UI combined with the DNS cache.

There are two text input fields to set sub-domain and IP, which on edit Lightsail populates with examples. The default is to set a sub-domain, but is never explicit about how to set a simple A record for the basic domain.

This led to a series of assumptions on my part that were entirely mistaken, and I spent quite a lot of time setting, unsetting, waiting a few hours, and trying again, instead of simply filling the sub-domain field with jazzpiano.tv, which I did at the end but could only see after a few hours trying with Google DNS, as suggested by Pablo.

Hope this helps to others newbies like me!

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