r53 public hosted zones

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R53 Hosted Zones

Concepts

Concepts

• A R53 hosted zone is a DNS database for a domain, e.g. animals4life.org
• Globally resilient (multiple DNS servers)
• Created with domain registration via R53; can be created separately
• Hosts DNS records (e.g. A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, ...)
• Hosted zones are what the DNS system references - authoritative for a domain, e.g. animals4life.org

R53 Public Hosted Zones

Concepts

Concepts

• DNS database (zone file) hosted by R53 (public name servers)
• Accessible from the public internet and VPCs
• Hosted on 4 R53 name servers (NS) specific to the zone
• Use NS records to point to these name servers (connect to global DNS)
• Resource records (RR) are created within the hosted zone
• Externally registered domains can point to the R53 public zone