The document describes configuring and managing a DNS zone hosted on AWS Route 53. It includes steps to: 1) Create a hosted zone for the domain "cloudgirl.baking.jp" on Route 53 and view the nameservers assigned; 2) Add a record set for the subdomain "www" with an A record pointing to an IP address; and 3) Delete the record set and eventually the hosted zone.

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6. @ IN SOA ns1.baking.jp. root@ns1.baking.jp. ( ... )
IN NS ns1.baking.jp.
IN A 111.89.176.107
IN AAAA 2001:200:1c8:1bb:2ac:1bff:fe8d:9c4f!
: :
egg IN A 204.236.228.219
egg IN MX 10 egg

10. % curl -O http://awsmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/
catalog/attachments/dnscurl.pl
% chmod +x dnscurl.pl
% vi ~/.aws-secrets
%awsSecretAccessKeys = (
"my-aws-account" => {
id => "A...Q",
key => "E...U",
},
);
% chmod 600 ~/.aws-secrets
% sudo yum -y install perl-Digest-HMAC

15. % vi MyCreateRequest.xml
<CreateHostedZoneRequest xmlns="https://route53.amazonaws.com/
doc/2010-10-01/">
<Name>cloudgirl.baking.jp.</Name>
<CallerReference>cloudgirl</CallerReference>
<HostedZoneConfig>
<Comment>here is a comment</Comment>
</HostedZoneConfig>
</CreateHostedZoneRequest>
% ./dnscurl.pl --keyname my-aws-account --
-H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8"
-X POST --upload-file ./
MyCreateRequest.xml https://
route53.amazonaws.com/2010-10-01/
hostedzone

16. <?xml version="1.0"?>
<CreateHostedZoneResponse xmlns="https://
route53.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-10-01/"><HostedZone><Id>/
hostedzone/Z3OV9VJIQVXT95</Id>
<Name>cloudgirl.baking.jp.</Name>
<CallerReference>cloudgirl</CallerReference>
<Config><Comment>here is a comment</Comment></Config></
HostedZone><ChangeInfo><Id>/change/C19FDVQALMKN4T</
Id><Status>PENDING</Status>
<SubmittedAt>2011-01-27T06:35:06.610Z</SubmittedAt>
</ChangeInfo><DelegationSet><NameServers>
<NameServer>ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk</NameServer>
<NameServer>ns-753.awsdns-30.net</NameServer>
<NameServer>ns-1505.awsdns-60.org</NameServer>
<NameServer>ns-258.awsdns-32.com</NameServer></
NameServers></DelegationSet></CreateHostedZoneResponse>

17. $ ./dnscurl.pl --keyname my-aws-account -- https://
route53.amazonaws.com/2010-10-01/hostedzone/
Z3OV9VJIQVXT95
0.0%
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<GetHostedZoneResponse xmlns="https://
route53.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-10-01/">
<HostedZone><Id>/hostedzone/Z3OV9VJIQVXT95</Id>
<Name>cloudgirl.baking.jp.</Name>
<CallerReference>cloudgirl</CallerReference>
<Config><Comment>here is a comment</Comment></Config></
HostedZone><DelegationSet><NameServers>
<NameServer>ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk</NameServer>
<NameServer>ns-753.awsdns-30.net</NameServer>
<NameServer>ns-1505.awsdns-60.org</NameServer>
<NameServer>ns-258.awsdns-32.com</NameServer></
NameServers></DelegationSet></GetHostedZoneResponse>

18. % dig cloudgirl.baking.jp soa
@ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk +norec +short
ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk. awsdns-
hostmaster.amazon.com. 1 7200 900
1209600 86400
% dig cloudgirl.baking.jp ns
@ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk +norec +short
ns-258.awsdns-32.com.
ns-753.awsdns-30.net.
ns-1505.awsdns-60.org.
ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk.

19. % vi MyRecordsRequest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest xmlns="https://
route53.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-10-01/">
<ChangeBatch><Comment>here is a comment</Comment>
<Changes><Change>
<Action>CREATE</Action>
<ResourceRecordSet>
<Name>www.cloudgirl.baking.jp.</Name>
<Type>A</Type><TTL>14400</TTL>
<ResourceRecords><ResourceRecord>
<Value>204.236.228.219</Value>
</ResourceRecord></ResourceRecords>
</ResourceRecordSet>
</Change></Changes></ChangeBatch>
</ChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest>

20. % ./dnscurl.pl --keyname my-aws-account -- -H
"Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8" -X
POST --upload-file ./MyRecordsRequest.xml
https://route53.amazonaws.com/2010-10-01/
hostedzone/Z3OV9VJIQVXT95/rrset
0.0%
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ChangeResourceRecordSetsResponse
xmlns="https://route53.amazonaws.com/doc/
2010-10-01/"><ChangeInfo><Id>/change/
CZEDHHNT49Q1J</Id><Status>PENDING</
Status><SubmittedAt>2011-01-27T07:22:57.672Z</
SubmittedAt></ChangeInfo></
ChangeResourceRecordSetsResponse>

21. % dig www.cloudgirl.baking.jp a
@ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk +norec +short
204.236.228.219

22. @ IN SOA ns1.baking.jp. root@ns1.baking.jp. ( ... )
IN NS ns1.baking.jp.
IN A 111.89.176.107
IN AAAA 2001:200:1c8:1bb:2ac:1bff:fe8d:9c4f!
: :
egg IN A 204.236.228.219
egg IN MX 10 egg
;for AWS Route53
cloudgirl IN NS ns-258.awsdns-32.com.
cloudgirl IN NS ns-753.awsdns-30.net.
cloudgirl IN NS ns-1505.awsdns-60.org.
cloudgirl IN NS ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk.

23. % dig www.cloudgirl.baking.jp a +short
204.236.228.219

24. % vi RecordDelete.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest xmlns="https://
route53.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-10-01/">
<ChangeBatch><Comment>here is a comment</Comment>
<Changes><Change>
<Action>DELETE</Action>
<ResourceRecordSet>
<Name>www.cloudgirl.baking.jp.</Name>
<Type>A</Type><TTL>14400</TTL>
<ResourceRecords><ResourceRecord>
<Value>204.236.228.219</Value>
</ResourceRecord></ResourceRecords>
</ResourceRecordSet>
</Change></Changes></ChangeBatch>
</ChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest>

25. % ./dnscurl.pl --keyname my-aws-account -- -H
"Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8" -X
POST --upload-file ./DeleteRecord.xml https://
route53.amazonaws.com/2010-10-01/hostedzone/
Z3OV9VJIQVXT95/rrset
0.0%
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ChangeResourceRecordSetsResponse
xmlns="https://route53.amazonaws.com/doc/
2010-10-01/"><ChangeInfo><Id>/change/
C1XANU2J92F97U</Id><Status>PENDING</
Status><SubmittedAt>2011-01-27T08:57:10.761Z</
SubmittedAt></ChangeInfo></
ChangeResourceRecordSetsResponse>

26. $ dig www.cloudgirl.baking.jp
; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P2-RedHat-9.7.0-5.P2.6.amzn1 <<>>
www.cloudgirl.baking.jp
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 36539
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1,
ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.cloudgirl.baking.jp.! IN! A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
cloudgirl.baking.jp.!900!IN! SOA!ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk.
awsdns-hostmaster.amazon.com. 1 7200 900 1209600 86400
;; Query time: 288 msec
;; SERVER: 172.16.0.23#53(172.16.0.23)
;; WHEN: Thu Jan 27 08:57:52 2011
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 128

27. % ./dnscurl.pl --keyname my-aws-account -- -X
DELETE https://route53.amazonaws.com/
2010-10-01/hostedzone/Z3OV9VJIQVXT95
0.0%
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<DeleteHostedZoneResponse xmlns="https://
route53.amazonaws.com/doc/
2010-10-01/"><ChangeInfo><Id>/change/
CDRHBQU3K6NR8</Id><Status>PENDING</
Status><SubmittedAt>2011-01-27T10:17:19.487Z</
SubmittedAt></ChangeInfo></
DeleteHostedZoneResponse>

28. % dig www.cloudgirl.baking.jp a
@ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk +norec
; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P2-
RedHat-9.7.0-5.P2.6.amzn1 <<>>
www.cloudgirl.baking.jp a
@ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk +norec
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers
could be reached