Route 53 records

Question

Hello,

I am trying to understand how records fields from my existing provider map into Route 53 records.

For example, I see the following in my existing provider:

| Name | Type | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| @ | A| 208.97.x.x |
| ftp | A | 208.97.x.x |
| www| A | 208.97.x.x |
| @ | MX | 1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |

In Route 53 Quick Create Record, do I just copy Name into Record Name, select Record type from the dropdown, and enter Value into Value field?

For example, in Quick Create Record, do I do the following?

Record name: @    (which makes it @.example.com)
Record type: A
Value: 208.97.x.x

Record name: @    (which makes it @.example.com)
Record type: MX
Value: 1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.

Answer

`@` is a shorthand character in DNS zone files that references the root, or apex, of the zone.  In your case, you would replace all instances of `@` with the actual name of the zone, `example.com.`, so leave the Record Name field blank in the Route 53 Management Console as you will just be creating apex records.  Using `@` in Route 53 outside of importing a zone file will literally create records for that label which is not the desired functionality.

Answer

Thank you!  Just to clarify, if it is an @, I will leave the Record Name field blank.  All others (ftp, mysql, ssh, www, mail), I will fill them in the Record Name field, is this accurate?

Also, do I keep the period at the end of values such as (1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.), (ghs.googlehosted.com.) when transferring them as values into Route 53 Record Name Value?

Name	Type	Value
@	A	208.97.x.x
ftp	A	208.97.x.x
www	A	208.97.x.x
@	MX	1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.

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