403 API Gateway using custom API

Question

I tried creating an API. To do that I used API Gateway & Lambda. This worked fine until the url was designated in the API Gateway Stage editor. But there are certain issues when I try and move to a custom domain.

I experimented with a CNAME record in Route 53 from my domain onto the domain that I got from the API Gateway. This approach failed.

The Custom Domain Names feature in API Gateway was no help either. The link returns a 403 response and no distribution has been made in CloudFront. Is there a good way to debug this issue?

Answer 1

Try setting up a CNAME with your DNS provider pointing at the CF distribution that API Gateway gives you. Note that you won't be able to make direct API calls to the CF distribution. API Gateway maps the API/stage from the Base Path mapping you set up in API Gateway so only API calls directed at the domain name will work correctly.

Check This guide out: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/how-to-custom-domains.html