AWS Route 53 is a scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) web service by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to route end-user requests to AWS services (like EC2 instances, S3 buckets, or CloudFront distributions) as well as external resources.
Key Features of AWS Route 53
Domain Registration – Register and manage domain names directly through Route 53.
DNS Routing – Route internet traffic using different routing policies.
Health Checks & Monitoring – Automatically monitor the health of endpoints and failover to healthy ones.
Traffic Flow – Manage and visualize traffic routing using a graphical interface.
Private DNS for VPC – Use Route 53 as an internal DNS for AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).
Integration with AWS Services – Seamlessly integrates with AWS services like CloudFront, S3, EC2, and Elastic Load Balancing.
DNSSEC Support – Adds an extra layer of security by preventing DNS spoofing attacks.
Common Use Cases
- Hosting and managing domains
- Configuring DNS failover for high availability
- Managing global traffic efficiently with routing policies
- Setting up private DNS in an AWS VPC
- Securing domains with DNSSEC