RRSet of type CNAME with DNS name foo.com. is not permitted at apex in zone bar.com

Question

I own foo.com and bar.com. I am managing both in Route53. foo.com hosts my site, and I\'d like to direct traffic from bar.com

Answer 1

On Route53, You need to create an A record NOT a CNAME record, and create an alias under that.

From @ewalshe's comment on Alexandru Cucu's answer, if you came here trying to setup API Gateway with a custom domain name and have a Cloudfront distribution url.