Section 12: Leveraging the AWS Global Infrastructure Flashcards
Points of Presence is another name for E___ L________
Edge locations
What is the URL for the AWS infrastructure site
https://infrastructure.aws
The service is a managed DNS service
Route53
If mapping a URL to an IP4 address, this is called “a r_____”
a record
If mapping a URL to an IP6 address, this is called a “q_________ a_ r_____”
quadruple a record
if mapping a hostname to another hostname, this is called a C____
CNAME
If mapping a hostname to an AWS Resource, this is called an
Alias
If mapping:
- hostname to IP4
- hostname to IP6
- hostname to hostname
- hostname to AWS Resource
a. an alias
b. a record
c. CNAME
d. a quadruple record
1b
2d
3c
4a
Route 53 Routing policies:
- Simple Routing Policy
- Weighted Routing policy
- Latency routing policy
- Failover routing policy
a. looks at where user is located to then direct user to the closest DNS server
b. users a primary and failover EC2 instance for DNS server
c. assign weight (priority) to instances (ie. 10, 70, and 20) - similar to load balancing
d. no health checks, very basic
- d
- c
- a
- b
Routing Policy:
looks at where user is located to then direct user to the closest DNS server
Latency routing policy
Routing Policy:
assign weight (priority) to instances (ie. 10, 70, and 20) - similar to load balancing
Weighted routing policy
Routing Policy:
no health checks, very basic
Simple routing policy
Routing Policy:
uses a primary and failover EC2 instance for DNS server
Failover routing policy
How much does Route 53 charge for the domain?
$12/year and $.50/month for the hosted zone
Anytime you see “CDN’ on the exam, think of this service
CloudFront
What does CDN stand for?
Cloud Delivery Network
this service improves read performance by caching the content of your website at the different Edge locations
CloudFront
CloudFront is present at ___ (how many) Points of Presence globally
216