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AWS re:Post Knowledge Center Spotlight: Route 53

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This spotlight on Amazon Route 53 equips you with the skills and troubleshooting tips to get the most out of an internet routing service.

Overview

The AWS re:Post Knowledge Center is your one-stop-shop for authoritative, up-to-date guidance on using AWS services. This month, we're highlighting Amazon Route 53, a reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to internet applications.

Route 53 provides highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS), domain name registration, and health-checking cloud services. Whether you're new to Route 53 or an experienced user, the following Knowledge Center articles equip you with the skills and troubleshooting tips to get the most out of this routing service.

DNS

A DNS service such as Amazon Route 53 is a globally distributed service that translates human readable names like www.example.com into numeric IP addresses like 192.0.2.1.

DNS topics in the following articles include propagation of changes, how to troubleshoot CloudFront, and cross-account issues.

Domains

When you want to get a new domain name, you can register it with Amazon Route 53. You can also transfer the registration for existing domains from other registrars to Route 53.

Domain topics in the following articles include subdomains, transfer of registration, and verification of domains.

Resolver

Amazon Route 53 Resolver responds to DNS queries from AWS resources for public records, Amazon VPC-specific DNS names, and Amazon Route 53 private hosted zones, and is available in all VPCs.

Resolver topics in the following articles include DNS resolution in VPCs and integration with on-premises DNS servers.

Resources

You can use Amazon Route 53 to route traffic to a variety of AWS resources.

Resource topics in the following articles include email, static websites hosted in Amazon S3 buckets, and website access issues.

Related information

Have more questions about Amazon Route 53? Check out the re:Post Route 53 knowledge base or ask your own question to get guidance from the AWS community.