AWS Route53 Flashcards
What is Route53?
It is an external or internal DNS service (not a server)?
Can I use Route53 for on-prem when I have a direct connect?
No, the request has to come from inside AWS networking.
What is an internal hosted zone?
It is a Route53 zona that can act as a DNS service for the VPC.
I have many instances in a VPC and I want and existing already provided www.ms.com to point to a different IP, what cna I do?
You could set up a Route53 internal zone for ms.com, create a www A record to point to the new IP.
Is is the Route53 Resolver used for?
It is a regional service that enables you to route DNS queries between on-prem and your VPC so they can be resolved by Route53. And also between your VPC and your on-prem so instances can resolve again on-prem DNS.
How does the Route53 Resolved work?
It enables you to create an Inbound Endpoint that can be accessed from the on-prem network.
When I create a Route53 Resolver, is it only deployed to a single availability zone?
No, the Route53 Resolver is deployed to tow subnets in two availability zones where you specify two servers to resolve again.
What is a Route53 Resolved inbound endpoint?
It is an endpoint create do=in two separate availability zones that enable on-prem servers to resolve again Route 53.
What is a Route53 Resolved outbound endpoint?
It is an endpoint, created in two subnets in two availability zones that enables DNS queries to be forwared to on-prem DNS server.
I am using a Ropute53 Resolver but I want to be able to forward only some queries to on-prem, is the possible?
Yes, use the Route53 Resolver Forwarding rule.
Can I access Route 53 private zone sform on-prem?
Yes, you can use the Route 53 Resolved to forwared queries. This used to not be the case until 2019.
What is a Route 53 resolver?
It is an endpoint that is placed in a subnet in two AZs that enables open-prem to use the route53 service.
I have an on-prem DNS server, how do I make the instance in my VPC get access to this on-prem DNS?
I create an outbound Route53 resolver.
I have a VPC with two subnets, I also have a VPN connection to my on-prem, when I try to resolve the hostnames of the instance from on-prem I get the public IP, I want the private IP, what options do I have to resolve this issue?
I cna create an incoming Route53 resolved that will act as a proxy in by subnets, I cna ten add this DNS resolved as a DSN server on my on-prem a and set up on forwarding rules. This will enable;le the on-prem DNS server t use the resolver to get the information.
Are Route53 resolvers highly available?
Yes, when you create one you will be asked to select two subnets in two separate availability zones.
I wnat to log all queries to my public Route53 DNS server, how can I architect this?
You can set up Route53 to send its DNS queries to CloudWatch logs.
I need to register a domain, how can I do this in AWS?
You can use Route53 to register a domain.
What is the difference between a public and private hosted zone?
- The private hosted zone has an endpoint in your VPC
- The public hosted zone has an endpoint that is on th internet.
What is a recordset?
It is a subdomain entry that holds a pointer t the iP for example.
What is a quad-A record?
It is an ipv6 A record.
What is an alias record in Route53?
It is an A record that points at an AWS service if the service IP updates it will be updated in Route53.
What is a routing policy?
Enables you to define how the incoming DNS request will be handled by Route53, there are options,
- Simple routing
- Failover routing
- Geolocation routing
- latency-based routing
- Weighted
- Multi answer
What are the types of routing you can have?
- Simple routing: No special routing just respond with records, Like www.keith-tobin.com responds with 33.44.33.44
- Failover routing: Rote traffic to a healthy resource, unhealthy resources receive no traffic
- Geolocation routing: Lets you send traffic from EU user to say Frankfort and US user to use-east01
- latency-based routing:
- Weighted
- Multi answer
Is it possible for an alias record to point to an ‘A’ record?
Yes, 100%, when you select the alias you get the option to select existing recordset (hosted zone record).
Do I use a CNAME to point to CloudFront?
No, you use an alias.
Do I use a CNAME to point to S3?
No, you use an alias.
Explain latency based routing?
When you have two locations like eu-west-1 and us-west-1, the user will be routed to the location with the lowest routing path. This is done by AWS figuring out the lowest past to both regions and then directing the user by returning DNS record to thet location with the lowest routing path time.
I am using latency based routing, I have two AWS regions service web traffic, they are close together like Ireland and the UK, I am located in Germany, I am using latency based routing, explain which of the two my traffic will go to form the Germany location?
Traffic will go to the region with the measures smallest latency path, this is done by AWS measuring the latency in the path form your location to both regions and then returning a DNS record directing you to thet region with the shortest, lowest latency path for your location.