Configuring DNS data flow from Amazon Route 53 to NS1 Connect

Before IBM® Cloud Sync can synchronize DNS data from Amazon Route 53, to IBM NS1 Connect®, you must first configure the DNS data flow.

Before you begin

Ensure that these are set up:

  • An NS1 Connect account
  • A Cloud Sync subscription
  • An Amazon Web Services (AWS) account
  • Amazon Route 53 configured as your primary DNS provider

About this task

You can configure DNS data flow from Amazon Route 53 in the following instances:

  • When you configure NS1 Connect as your secondary DNS provider for the first time
  • When you add new zones to Amazon Route 53

Procedure

In NS1 Connect:
  1. Create an API key with the following permissions:
    • Monitoring (select all)
    • Data (select all)
    • Manage zones
    • View zones
    • Allow by default
    Record the API key because you must enter it when you deploy the AWSCloudFormation stack. For more information, see Creating API keys.
In AWS:
  1. Use the API key to deploy the AWS CloudFormation stack.
    For more information, see Deploying the Amazon Web Services CloudFormation stack.
In Amazon Route 53:
  1. Tag the DNS zones to identify which zones to synchronize to NS1 Connect.
    For more information, see Tagging DNS zones in Amazon Route 53.
In domain registrar:
  1. Update nameservers to include NS1 Connect and Amazon Route 53.

Results

After the DNS data flow from Amazon Route 53 is configured, Cloud Sync synchronizes DNS zones, records, supported routing policies, and health check data to NS1 Connect. Every time a DNS change is made in Amazon Route 53, Cloud Sync synchronizes the changes to NS1 Connect.

The activity log in NS1 Connect is updated with each activity that is performed by the API key that you used to connect to Amazon Route 53.