liatrio-dns

name	liatrio-dns
description	Provision DNS records for liatr.io subdomains in the liatrio/liatrio-external-dns repository. Use when adding, modifying, or removing DNS CNAME records, A records, or other Route53 records for liatr.io or k8s-ignite.com domains. Triggers on requests like 'add a domain', 'create a subdomain', 'point X.liatr.io to Y', or 'set up DNS for a new site'.

Liatrio DNS Provisioning

Provision DNS records for liatr.io subdomains in the liatrio/liatrio-external-dns Terraform/Terragrunt repository.

Repository Location

Clone URL: [e-mail]:liatrio/liatrio-external-dns.git

If the repo is not already cloned locally, clone it to the user's working directory before proceeding.

Repository Structure

liatrio-external-dns/
├── dns/
│   ├── liatr_io_records.tf      # All liatr.io DNS records (primary file to edit)
│   ├── k8s_ignite_com_records.tf # k8s-ignite.com DNS records
│   ├── zones.tf                  # Route53 hosted zones
│   ├── certificates.tf           # ACM wildcard certificates
│   ├── redirects.tf              # CloudFront redirect modules
│   ├── domains.tf                # Registered domain imports
│   └── terragrunt.hcl            # Terragrunt config
├── modules/
│   ├── cloudfront-redirect/      # Module for HTTP redirects via CloudFront
│   └── wildcard-acm-cert/        # Module for wildcard ACM certs with DNS validation
├── insights-liatrio-com/         # S3 + CloudFront for insights.liatrio.com
├── root.hcl                      # Shared Terragrunt config (S3 backend, provider)
└── shared.tfvars                 # Shared variables (region: us-east-1)

Record Types and Patterns

CNAME to GitHub Pages (most common)

For sites hosted on GitHub Pages under the liatrio org:

# <description>.liatr.io
resource "aws_route53_record" "<name>_liatr_io" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.liatr_io.zone_id
  name    = "<name>.liatr.io"
  type    = "CNAME"
  ttl     = 300
  records = ["liatrio.github.io"]
}

• Resource name convention: replace hyphens with underscores, append _liatr_io
• For repos under liatrio-labs org, use liatrio-labs.github.io instead
• For repos under liatrio-clients org, use liatrio-clients.github.io instead

CNAME to External Service

For domains pointing to Vercel, Azure, or other external services:

resource "aws_route53_record" "<name>_liatr_io" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.liatr_io.zone_id
  name    = "<name>.liatr.io"
  type    = "CNAME"
  ttl     = 300
  records = ["<target-domain>"]
}

A Record (GitHub Pages apex or similar)

For apex domains or GitHub Pages A records:

resource "aws_route53_record" "<name>_liatr_io" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.liatr_io.zone_id
  name    = "<name>.liatr.io"
  type    = "A"
  ttl     = 300
  records = local.github_pages_ips
}

The local.github_pages_ips variable is defined at the top of liatr_io_records.tf.

CloudFront Redirect

To redirect a subdomain to another URL, add a module in dns/redirects.tf and A/AAAA alias records in dns/liatr_io_records.tf:

# In redirects.tf:
module "<name>_liatr_io_redirect" {
  source          = "../modules/cloudfront-redirect"
  name            = "<name>-liatr-io-redirect"
  destination_url = "<target-url>"
  origin_domain   = "<name>.liatr.io"
  certificate_arn = module.liatr_io_wildcard_cert.certificate_arn
  tags            = var.tags
}

# In liatr_io_records.tf:
resource "aws_route53_record" "<name>_liatr_io_redirect" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.liatr_io.zone_id
  name    = "<name>.liatr.io"
  type    = "A"
  alias {
    name                   = module.<name>_liatr_io_redirect.domain_name
    zone_id                = module.<name>_liatr_io_redirect.hosted_zone_id
    evaluate_target_health = false
  }
}

resource "aws_route53_record" "<name>_liatr_io_redirect_ipv6" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.liatr_io.zone_id
  name    = "<name>.liatr.io"
  type    = "AAAA"
  alias {
    name                   = module.<name>_liatr_io_redirect.domain_name
    zone_id                = module.<name>_liatr_io_redirect.hosted_zone_id
    evaluate_target_health = false
  }
}

NS Delegation

To delegate a subdomain to another DNS provider or AWS account:

resource "aws_route53_record" "<name>_liatr_io_ns" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.liatr_io.zone_id
  name    = "<name>.liatr.io"
  type    = "NS"
  ttl     = 300
  records = ["ns1.example.com", "ns2.example.com", "ns3.example.com", "ns4.example.com"]
}

Workflow

1. Create a branch following the naming convention: add-<name>-liatr-io-cname (or similar descriptive name)
2. Add the DNS record to dns/liatr_io_records.tf (or appropriate file)
3. Commit with message format: chore: add CNAME for <name>.liatr.io
4. Push and create a PR — the pr.yaml workflow will run terragrunt plan and comment the changes on the PR
5. After merge, the apply.yaml workflow runs terragrunt apply automatically

Important Reminders

• For GitHub Pages sites, the target repo also needs a CNAME file or custom domain configured in Settings > Pages
• The hosted zone reference is aws_route53_zone.liatr_io.zone_id for liatr.io subdomains
• The hosted zone reference is aws_route53_zone.k8s_ignite_com.zone_id for k8s-ignite.com subdomains
• The platform.liatr.io subdomain has its own zone: aws_route53_zone.platform_liatr_io.zone_id
• Wildcard ACM certs already exist for liatr.io and k8s-ignite.com (in certificates.tf)
• Run tofu fmt on changed files before committing — CI checks formatting