Complete Overview on Hosting

Prep Work

Document, document, document – VERY IMPORTANT

First

Existing Site-
A. Document old IP from record in Route 53.

Go To C and skip B

No Site Exists
B. Create Site. If no hosting site in Route 53 created; create site.

1. May need to log into existing clients hosting.
2. Go to Domains, Manage DNS
3. Log into Amazon also to begin to create a site
4. Go to Hosted Zones to see if a Domain exists.
5. May need to registrar name and registering a domain name will automatically creates a hosted zone.
6. Create a Hosted Zone if none exits
7. VS Customer Comment
   Create Tag. Enter Purpose. Enter Name of Domian
8. Create Hosted Zone
9. Zone is Public
10. Create Record Set using all previous domain information.
11. Create another A record with www. Already has URL. Just www and same IP
12. Bring all existing records from previous hosting to Route 53. Recreate ALL records. Note: Ensure all records recreated.
13. Create all MX records and all mail records.
14. Create Record for example: A ftp IP
15. Create Record for example A mysql IP
16. Create Record for example A ssh IP
17. Ensure ALL existing records are recreated.
    
    Pointing NS to take control of site.
    1. Copy and paste in notepad the new NS from Amazon.
    2. Should be 4 records.
    3. There is an order that Chris prefers. The preferred order is:
    4. .com
    5. .net
    6. .org
    7. .co.uk
    8. Get rid of the periods at the end unless provider asks for the (.) at the end.
    9. Go into old hosting site and paste in new NS from notepad.
       
       C. Take Control of Domain by pointing old IP to New Vitality South Domain.
       
       All sites at Vitality South live at 3.210.112.88
    1. Create new IP address A Record – Example A Record 3.210.112.88
       
       First, go into old DNS records and Screen Shot old NS records to document.
       

Flush DNS
If site previously created Edit previous A record with new IP

Flush cache using DNS tools

Flush DNS cache

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache

DNS Lookup to see if cache flushed successfully

https://dnschecker.org/all-dns-records-of-domain.php?query=www.cornerstonebaptistfargo.org&rtype=ALL&dns=cloudflare

Check Google, Cloudflare, OpenDNS, Quad9, Yandex, Authoritative DNS

This should be sufficient; however, more tools available.

https://dnschecker.org/all-dns-records-of-domain.php?query=www.cornerstonebaptistfargo.org&rtype=ALL&dns=cloudflare

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache
https://cloudflare-dns.com/purge-cache/

Look up the DNS Record to what IP setting. Check to see if it took change.
Who Is Look Up in DNS Tools. Check to see if IP reset
Go to site URL. May be empty page. Then click certificate and may show ———intheworks.link
Click certificate

DNS Tools
Make sure new IP is set.
Use https://dnschecker.org/all-dns-records-of-domain.php?

When you are sure the IP is set. Absolutely sure.

Kitty
Go to Server right bottom
-add key (.ppk) and put password in close

-go to the bottom of the screen and select Kitty
-go back in and Load double click

Open up note Notepad and type in four lines :
change-site-domain.sh
Old site
New Site No www
Site with www

Example:
change-site-domain.sh
arkansas.intheworks.link
arkansasHFMA.org
www.arkansasHFMA.org

RUN Script
Copy and right click to Paste
Paste: change-site-domain.sh
Paste: Old site
Paste: New Site No www
Paste: Site with www

Script will pause and ask yes or no. Type: y
Exit