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Route 53 - 3rd Party DomainsΒΆ

  • You buy or register your domain name iwth a Domain Registrar typically by paying annual charges (e.g. GoDaddy, Amazon Registrar Inc, ...)
  • The Domain Registrar usually provides you with a DNS service to manage your DNS records
  • Buy you can use another DNS service to manage your DNS records
  • Example: purchase the domain from GoDaddy and use Route 53 to manage your DNS records

  • If you buy your domain on a 3rd Party Registrar, you can still use Route 53 as the DNS Service Provider

  • Create a Hosted Zone in Route 53

  • Update NS Records on 3rd Party website to use Route 53 Name Servers

  • Domain Registrar != DNS Service

  • But every Domain Registrar usually comes with some DNS features