Route 53 Flashcards by Jana Dohman

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What is a DNS?

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What are some DNS terms that are important? (Domain Registrar, DNS Records, Zone File, Name Server, Top-Level Domain, and Second-Level Domain)

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How does DNS work?

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What is Amazon Route 53?

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What are Route 53 DNS records and what information does each record contain?

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What DNS record types are supported by Route 53?

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A, AAAA, CNAME, NS

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What are the uses for each of the Route 53 DNS records (A, AAAA, CNAME and NS)?

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What DNS record in Route 53 can you create for example.com (zone apex)?

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Alias (always of type A or AAAA, not CNAME)

And they are free of charge and have a default health check enabled

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What are Route 53 Hosted Zones?

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What is the difference between Public and Private Hosted Zones in Route 53?

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What is a TTL Record in Route 53?

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What is the difference between the CNAME and Alias records in Route 53?

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What is an Alias Record in Route 53?

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What are the targets for Alias Records in Route 53?

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What is not available as a target for Alias Records in Route 53?

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EC2 DNS names

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What are Routing Policies in Route 53?

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What is the “Simple” Routing Policy in Route 53?

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What is the “Weighted” Routing Policy in Route 53?

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What is the “Latency” Routing Policy in Route 53?

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What are Health Checks in Route 53?

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How do Health Checks in Route 53 work to monitor the health of an endpoint?

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What are Calculated Health Checks in Route 53?

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How do you monitor the health of a private resource in Route 53?

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What is the “Failover (Active-Passive)” Routing Policy in Route 53?

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What is the "Geolocation" Routing Policy in Route 53?

What is the "Geoproximity" Routing Policy in Route 53?

Geoproximity Routing Policy in Route 53 Diagram

What is the "IP-Based" Routing Policy in Route 53?

What is the "Multi-Value" Routing Policy in Route 53?

What is the distinction between a Domain Registrar and DNS Service?

How would it work to use GoDaddy as the Domain Registrar and Route 53 as the DNS Service?