- Route53
- Route 53 offers the following functions:
- Domain name registry.
- DNS resolution
- Health checking of resources
- Route 53 is located alongside all edge locations
AWS Route 53 Records
- Amazon Route 53 currently supports the following DNS record types:
- Ø A
- CNAME (canonical name record).
- CAA (certification authority authorization).
- Alias (an Amazon Route 53-specific virtual record).
AWS Route 53 CNAME vs Alias
| CNAME | Alias |
|---|---|
| Route 53 charges for CNAME queries | Route 53 doesn’t charge for alias queries to AWS resources |
| You can’t create a CNAME record at the top node of a DNS namespace (zone apex) | You can create an alias record at the zone apex (however you can’t route to a CNAME at the zone apex) |
| A CNAME can point to any DNS record that is hosted anywhere | An alias record can only point to a CloudFront distribution, Elastic Beanstalk environment, ELB, S3 bucket as a static website, or to another record in the same hosted zone that you’re creating the alias record in |
AWS Route 53 Routing Policies
| Policy | What it Does |
|---|---|
| Simple | |
| Failover | |
| Geolocation | |
| Geoproximity | |
| Latency | |
| Multivalue answer | |
| Weighted |