AWS Route 53 Overview¶

Route53 is a Managed [[DNS (Domain Name System)]]
DNS is a collection of rules and records which helps clients understand how to reach a server through URLs
In AWS, the most common records are:
- [[A RECORD ]]: URL to IPv4
- [[AAAA RECORD]]: URL to IPv6
- [[CNAME RECORD]]: URL to URL
- [[ALIAS RECORD]]: URL to AWS resource

Route53 can use:
- public domain names you own (or buy)
- private domain domain names that can be resolved by your instances in your VPCs
Route53 has advanced features such as:
- Load Balancing (through DNS - also called client load balancing)
- Health Checks (although limited)
- [[Routing Policy]]: simple, failover, geolocation, latency, weighted, multi value

You pay $0.50 per month per hosted zone.