Amazon Route 53

CHOOSE IT WHEN

What job does it solve?

Names must resolve to application endpoints with DNS routing policies.

DO NOT CONFUSE IT WITH

Where does it stop?

DNS is being mistaken for a packet proxy or application load balancer.

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Closely related services

• Amazon CloudFrontA content delivery network that serves and can cache HTTP content at edge locations near viewers.
• AWS Global AcceleratorRoutes TCP or UDP traffic over the AWS global network through static anycast IP addresses.
• Elastic Load BalancingDistributes incoming traffic across healthy targets using application, network, or gateway load balancer types.

IN THIS COURSE

Lessons that mention it

• Lesson 25Remove one Availability Zone—what still works?
• Lesson 28Choose disaster recovery from RTO and RPO
• Lesson 31Interactive edge, global, private, and hybrid placement
• Lesson 43Interactive network flow, edge delivery, and transfer-cost tracing

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