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For Deis clusters hosted elsewhere (EC2, Rackspace, bare metal, etc.), DNS records will need to be created to point to the cluster. For a one-node cluster, we schedule and launch one router, and deis-router and deis-controller will run on the same host. So, the DNS record specified below can be configured to point to this one machine.
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If you do not modify your DNS settings on EC2 but still want to register a user, try using xip.io:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ deis register deis.ec2-12-345-678-90.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.xip.io
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On a multi-node cluster, however, there are probably multiple routers, and the controller will likely be scheduled on a separate machine. As mentioned in :ref:`configure-load-balancers`, a load balancer is recommended in this scenario.
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Note that the controller will eventually live behind the routers so that all external traffic will flow through the load balancer - configuring a DNS record which points to a service whose IP could change is less than ideal.
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Apps can then be accessed via ``appname.myapps.com``, and the Deis controller can be accessed at ``deis.myapps.com``.
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This record is necessary for all deployments of Deis (EC2, Rackspace, bare metal, etc.). Local clusters can use the domain ``local.deisapp.com``, ``local3.deisapp.com``, or ``local5.deiaspp.com``.
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Using xip.io
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An alternative to configuring your own DNS records is to use `xip`_. For example, for EC2:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ deis register http://deis.deis-DeisWebELB-8N30OETT0HOK-2005743466.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com.xip.io
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.. _`xip`: http://xip.io/

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