Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53 - is a scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) web service designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost-effective way to route end to direct users to web applications by converting easy-to-remember domain names such as www.example.com into the numeric IP addresses, like 192.0.2.1, that computers use for mutual connections. Additionally, Route 53 supports IPv6, ensuring it's equipped for the latest internet protocol versions. Beyond DNS routing, Route 53 also offers domain name registration and health-checking services, making it a versatile tool for managing domain-specific needs within AWS's extensive cloud computing landscape.
Key definitions for Amazon Route 53:
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DNS
The system that translates domain names into IP addresses.
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Domain Registration
The service allowing the purchase and management of domain names.
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Health Checks
Automated requests to applications to verify they are online and responding correctly.
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Routing Policies
Strategies defined in Route 53 to determine how traffic is directed, including simple, weighted, latency-based, failover, and geolocation routing.
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Hosted Zone
A container for records which define how traffic is routed for a domain and its subdomains.
Service integrates with:
Usage use cases
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Global Traffic Distribution.
Utilizing geolocation routing to direct users to the nearest endpoint, reducing latency and improving user experience.
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Disaster Recovery.
Implementing failover routing policies to redirect traffic to backup sites in case of failure.
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Health Checks and Monitoring.
Automatically routing traffic away from unhealthy endpoints to ensure high availability.
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Domain Management.
Registering and managing domain names directly within the AWS ecosystem.
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Microservice Architecture.
Using Route 53 to manage internal service discovery in a microservices architecture.
FAQ for Amazon Route 53
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What Routing Policies are available in AWS Route 53?
Simple Routing, Weighted Routing, Latency Routing, Failover Routing, Geolocation Routing, Geoproximity Routing (Traffic Flow only), Multivalue Answer Routing, IP-Based Routing. -
Which AWS services can Route 53 be integrated with?
Amazon S3, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon VPC, AWS CloudFront, AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon EC2. -
What are Health Checks used for in Route 53?
For automated requests to applications to verify if they are online and responding correctly.