Amazon Route 53 is a great way to manage all of your DNS services from a modern cloud infrastructure. You can use it to register new domains, manage existing ones, route traffic both to AWS hosted DNS servers and 3rd party servers, as well as handle failover to backup services.
A pre-requisite for this article is a basic understanding of how the Domain Name System (DNS) works. For a DNS primer, please see this guide to Managing DNS for Web Hosting.
This article will cover some of the basics of managing your DNS with Amazon Route 53.
Register a New Domain Name
1) Click “Get started now†Under Any of the Buttons to Bring Up the Route 53 Dashboard.
2) Click “Register Domain†and Search For the Domain You’d Like to Register
3) Click “Add to cart†and click “Continueâ€
4) Enter in You Contact Details and Click “Continueâ€
5) Agree to the Terms and Conditions and Click “Complete Purchaseâ€
Now that you’ve completed your registration, you’ll see a new pending domain on the Route 59 dashboard in pending status.
Note that it may take up to 3 days for a new domain to be provisioned. You’ll also receive an email verification to confirm.
Transfer a Domain Name
1) Click “Get started now†under Any of the Buttons to Bring Up the Route 53 dashboard.
2) Click “Transfer Domain†and Enter the Domain You’d Like to Transfer. Make Sure it is Unlocked at the Original Registrar. Click “Add to Cartâ€
3) On the next Screen enter your domain transfer access code and choose your name server options then click “Continueâ€
4) Now Enter Your Administrative Contact Details
5) Agree to the Terms and Conditions and Click “Complete Purchaseâ€
Now from the Route 53 dashboad you can see your pending DNS transfer request and its status.
Modifying Your Zone Files
1) Click “Hosted Zone†on the Dashboard
2) Click the domain you want to work with and click “Go to Record Sets
3) From Here You Can Import Zone File, Edit DNS records, and Even Have Amazon Test Your DNS Record Sets.
Applying DNS Traffic Rules
By clicking the “Traffic Policies†link on the left hand menu you can create traffic policies to setup things such as directing traffic to specific servers based on geolocation and other rules.
1) Click “Create traffic policyâ€
2) Name Your Traffic Policy and Add a Description then click “Nextâ€
3) Use the Visual Chart to Map Out Your DNS Traffic Rules
You now know the basics of how to manage your DNS with Amazon Route 53. It’s a robust DNS service with the reliability of the Amazon Cloud Web Service which is part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is a cloud hosting service.
You can not only host your domain names and the DNS zone files, you can also route traffic by geolocation or any other criteria to keep your global network up and running.
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