Chapter 7 – Managing and Securing the Route 53 Domain Name System

1. The management entry point is an API that stores the DNS information on an extremely fast database layer. The SLA is 100% and it supports routing and health checks.
2. Use geolocation routing.
3. Build a S3 static copy of your site. Use Route 53 failover routing to failover to the S3 bucket in the case of major outages.
4. Create a DNS record with all the node IPs and a health check based on TCP port 443. If the port is unreachable, then the Route 53 service will remove the node from the response. Direct the provider so that they connect to the DNS name.
5. Transfer the domain to Route 53 and enable domain transfer locking.
6. Use a route 53 multi-value record for the cluster. Use the cluster DNS name in the lookup of peer nodes. Use a health check on the record to only determine healthy nodes. Route 53 will always return...