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Building Serverless Python Web Services with Zappa

You're reading from   Building Serverless Python Web Services with Zappa Build and deploy serverless applications on AWS using Zappa

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788837613
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abdulwahid Abdulhaque Barguzar Abdulwahid Abdulhaque Barguzar
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Preface 1. Amazon Web Services for Serverless FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with Zappa 3. Building a Flask Application with Zappa 4. Building a Flask-Based REST API with Zappa 5. Building a Django Application with Zappa 6. Building a Django REST API with Zappa 7. Building a Falcon Application with Zappa 8. Custom Domain with SSL 9. Asynchronous Task Execution on AWS Lambda 10. Advanced Zappa Settings 11. Securing Serverless Applications with Zappa 12. Zappa with Docker 13. Assessments 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring custom domain with AWS Route 53


Creating a custom domain for our application requires owning a domain. Domain names can be purchased from a domain registrar. In our case, I purchased a domain name called abdulwahid.info from GoDaddy (https://in.godaddy.com/), the domain name system (DNS) service provider. 

Every domain serves over the internet through nameservers managed by the DNS service provider. There are many service providers that offer services to manage and host a website from their end. We are going to user the AWS Route 53 service. 

What is AWS Route 53?

AWS Route 53 is a scalable cloud DNS web service. Route 53 is really effective at configuring the domain with any AWS services. It connects with infrastructure running on AWS as well as outside of AWS. Route 53 provides a variety of routings, such as latency base routing, Geo DNS, geoproximity, and weighted round robin. All these routings can be combined to provide low-latency bandwidth. Route 53 provides a domain name...

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