diff --git a/provision/production/PRODUCTION_PROVISION_README.md b/provision/production/PRODUCTION_PROVISION_README.md
index e57976e..10ad5cf 100644
--- a/provision/production/PRODUCTION_PROVISION_README.md
+++ b/provision/production/PRODUCTION_PROVISION_README.md
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ terraform -chdir=aws output           # shows public ip of aws instance
 ## Configuring and deploying software (go-fastapi) _stack_:
 These commands continue to be run in the dockerized development environment.
 
-* Make DNS names for go-fastapi point to the public IP address. If using cloudflare, put the ip in cloudflare DNS record. Otherwise put the ip in the AWS Route 53 DNS record. 
+```bash
+* replace "REPLACE_ME" values in config-instance.yaml for dns_record_name and dns_zone_id, 
+dns_zone_id should be "Z04640331A23NHVPCC784" and dns_record_name is the FQDN plus the REPLACE_ME_WITH_TERRAFORM_BACKEND, eg. api-production-2024-08-21.geneontology.org
 * Location of SSH keys may need to be replaced after copying config-stack.yaml.sample
 * s3 credentials are placed in a file using the format described above
 * s3 uri if SSL is enabled. Location of SSL certs/key
diff --git a/provision/production/config-instance.yaml.sample b/provision/production/config-instance.yaml.sample
index e36e721..f8f3c5b 100644
--- a/provision/production/config-instance.yaml.sample
+++ b/provision/production/config-instance.yaml.sample
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ instance:
 
     # Set the fqdn if you want the record to be created  and make sure you have the right zone id. (See AWS console)
     # The created record will be of type A and will be populated with the public ip address of the aws instance
-    dns_record_name: ""  
-    dns_zone_id: ""
+    dns_record_name: "REPLACE_ME"
+    dns_zone_id: "REPLACE_ME" # see documentation for the zone id
 
     disk_size: 200
     open_ports:
diff --git a/provision/production/config-stack.yaml.sample b/provision/production/config-stack.yaml.sample
index 2098f0d..8a6974d 100644
--- a/provision/production/config-stack.yaml.sample
+++ b/provision/production/config-stack.yaml.sample
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ stack:
       QS_ClientEventBlockCountSeconds: 100
       QS_ClientEventBlockExcludeIP: "9.9.9.9"
 
-      fastapi_host: REPLACE_ME # USE FQDN aes-test-go-fastapi.geneontology.org
+      fastapi_host: api.geneontology.org
+      fastapi_host_alias: REPLACE_ME # USE FQDN aes-test-go-fastapi.geneontology.org
       fastapi_tag: 0.2.0
 
       REDIRECT_HTTP: 1