Route 53 Flashcards
What is a DNS?
What are some DNS terms that are important? (Domain Registrar, DNS Records, Zone File, Name Server, Top-Level Domain, and Second-Level Domain)
How does DNS work?
What is Amazon Route 53?
What are Route 53 DNS records and what information does each record contain?
What DNS record types are supported by Route 53?
A, AAAA, CNAME, NS
What are the uses for each of the Route 53 DNS records (A, AAAA, CNAME and NS)?
What DNS record in Route 53 can you create for example.com (zone apex)?
Alias (always of type A or AAAA, not CNAME)
And they are free of charge and have a default health check enabled
What are Route 53 Hosted Zones?
What is the difference between Public and Private Hosted Zones in Route 53?
What is a TTL Record in Route 53?
What is the difference between the CNAME and Alias records in Route 53?
What is an Alias Record in Route 53?
What are the targets for Alias Records in Route 53?
What is not available as a target for Alias Records in Route 53?
EC2 DNS names
What are Routing Policies in Route 53?
What is the “Simple” Routing Policy in Route 53?
What is the “Weighted” Routing Policy in Route 53?
What is the “Latency” Routing Policy in Route 53?
What are Health Checks in Route 53?
How do Health Checks in Route 53 work to monitor the health of an endpoint?
What are Calculated Health Checks in Route 53?
How do you monitor the health of a private resource in Route 53?
What is the “Failover (Active-Passive)” Routing Policy in Route 53?
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?
