Introduction to Route 53

Now that we know the fundamentals of the DNS, let’s take a look at Route 53.

Route 53 as a domain registrar

Route 53 is AWS’s managed DNS services and a domain registrar as well. A domain registrar is an intermediate that allows us to register domains with different TLDs without the need to contact the managing organization for each TLD individually. AWS offers access to a wide range of domain names and TLDs.

Using AWS as a domain name registrar is not mandatory to use its Route 53 DNS service, but it's convenient because both services are well integrated with each other.

For example, AWS automatically creates NS and SOA records when registering a domain with AWS.

Note: Registering domains is never free on AWS. The minimum duration for a domain name registration is one year, and the prices start at $3 per year for the cheapest domains. Most cost domains around $12 to $25.

Route 53 as a DNS service

Route 53 also offers a managed DNS service, which is scalable and highly available. It's also authoritative, meaning that it's the source of truth for domains managed with Route53. As AWS customers, we can change the DNS resource records, and they will be propagated to other name servers around the globe.

Let’s go through the main ...