What is the simplest way to assign DNS name to EC2 instance using Route 53 service?

Question

I have got a domain registered with GoDaddy and an EC2 instance with public elastic IP and I'm trying to use Amazon "Route 53" service to map the DNS name to my instance. In online documentation there is a very complex example of using Perl (http://aws.amazon.com/code/Amazon-Route-53?browse=1) to achieve this result.

Is there a simpler way of doing this?

Answer 1

The AWS team has meanwhile added complete support for Amazon Route 53 to the AWS Management Console as of November 16, 2011, which allows you to create your hosted zones and set up the appropriate records (A, CNAME, MX, and so forth) in a convenient visual environment.

This is best experienced by exploring it yourself of course, but a sneak peak is available via Amazon Route 53 and the introductory blog post AWS Management Console Now Supports Amazon Route 53 provides a walk through the entire process of registering a domain at a registrar and setting it up in Route 53, including further illustrations.