Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>

Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User**

**Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\
For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice

Type **Route 53** in the search bar and click on **Route 53** to view the Route 53 Dashboard

**What is Route 53?**

Route 53 is an AWS DNS web service that manages domain names and directs internet traffic to resources based on rules and configurations set by the user.

On the **Route 53** dashboard,  click on the **Hosted zones** from the left bar

**What are Hosted zones?**

Hosted zones are containers within a DNS service that store records mapping domain names to IP addresses or other resources, enabling control over DNS resolution for a domain.

**Hosted zones** wizard will open, on the right side click on the **Create hosted zone** button

**Create hosted zone** wizard will open, give **Domain name** as "**learnaws.com**" in the text input field

Scroll to the **Type** section and select the option **Private hosted zone**

**What is Public and Private hosted zones?**

- **Public Hosted Zone:** Accessible to the public internet, used for resolving domain names for publicly accessible resources.
- **Private Hosted Zone:** Accessible only within a specified network (e.g., VPC), used for resolving domain names for internal resources not exposed to the public internet.

Scroll to the **VPCs to associate with the hosted zone** section and from the **Region** dropdown select the option **Asia Pacific (Mumbai)** and select the **default VPC ID** from the VPC ID dropdown

Scroll the page and click on **Create hosted zone** button

Congratulations on successfully creating the hosted zone! Well done!

Open the AWS Management Console in another tab and type **VPC** in the search bar and click on **VPC** to view the VPC Dashboard

On the **VPC dashboard** click on **Your VPCs** 

On the top right corner, select the **US East(Ohio) us-east-2** region

On **Your VPCs** wizard select the **default** vpc 

Scroll the page and click on the copy widget and copy the **VPC ID**

Similarly copy the **default** VPCs id's of these regions Mumbai (**ap-south-1), Frankfurt (eu-central-1)** and **Sao Paulo (sa east-1)** and paste them into the text editor

Make sure you save this text file safely, It will be useful in the upcoming labs

Amazon Web Services

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a hosted zone with Route 53 and explores different routing policies.

Creating a Hosted Zone with Route 53 and Exploring Routing Policies