In this chapter, we will focus on Amazon Route 53 for domain names, routing traffic to resources for a domain.
Amazon Route 53 is a domain name or DNS Service. It is a reliable and scalable service that has DNS servers distributed globally. It scales automatically to manage spikes in DNS queries, and so is robust.
The pricing model is pay-as-you-go. We can purchase a domain name from Route 53, or we can transfer it from an existing provider. We can also utilize Route 53 as a DNS service only.
We need to create a Hosted Zone, and then each Hosted Zone requires a record set that provides mapping to the IP address or CNAME with the domain name.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Overview of Amazon Route 53 concepts
- Configuring Amazon Route 53
- Configuring Route 53 for a web application
