# My Hashnode.dev blog using Amazon Route53

### Getting started in Hashnode
Hashnode.com is a free content creation platform and community that allows you to publish blogs and articles on a hashnode subdomain or your own hosted domain.  


Getting started is pretty easy.  Go to hashnode and create a free account. You have the option to link to your domain when you first create a hashnode account, but I linked mine afterwards so that's what I'm going to show here.
![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1605818204019/-Dlh5A0Ys.png)



After you create your free account head to the dashboard to update your domain to point to your blog.
![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1605818887418/Y3YMw6RY2.png)

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### Route 53 Setup
Not that our hashnode site it setup, let's head over to Route53 and configure the DNS.  Start by creating a "Simple Routing" Policy in Route53.  Then Define the record.


![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1605819190856/04fF3ScSW.png)

When you edit the record you'll need to enter your new record name like ***blog.mindrepo.net***, you need to enter **hashnode.network** for the value to route traffic to, and then create a **CNAME** Record Type.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1605819872113/lMXWuQD8J.png)

**And that's it!!**  According to the hashnode instructions, they'll automatically provision an SSL certificate for you when you visit your blog for the first time.  You may have to wait a minute or two for it to update, but soon enough you'll be joying your new site!!