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docs(installing_deis): remove xip.io instructions for ELB
xip.io simply doesn't work for ELBs - it returns an IP of 54.64.0.0 which obviously isn't a valid IP. I suspect it works for CNAMEs in general, but not for CNAMEs which resolve to multiple IPs, as ELBs do.
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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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An alternative to configuring your own DNS records is to use `xip`_ to reference the IP of your load balancer. For example:
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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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$ deis register http://deis.10.21.12.2.xip.io
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You would then create the cluster with ``10.21.12.2.xip.io`` as the cluster domain.
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Note that xip does not seem to work for EC2 ELBs - you will have to use an actual DNS record.
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.. _`xip`: http://xip.io/

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