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Exploring Route 53 Routing Policies - 1

  • Hafeez Baig |
  • 22 steps |
  • 3 minutes
  • Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services
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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> Refer to this guide to learn how to create Route 53 and EC2 Instances\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_a_Hosted_Zone_with_Route_53_and_Exploring_Routing_Policies__FArAHxUbTHm8x2OZckeTrw>
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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
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Type **Route 53** in the search bar and click on **Route 53** to view the Route 53 Dashboard
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**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.
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On **Route 53** dashboard, on left bar click on the **Hosted zones**
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**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.
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**Hosted zones** wizard will open, select the Hosted zone name **learnaws.com**
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To create a new Record, click on the **View details** button on the top right
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**learnaws.com** wizard will open, click on the **Create record** button on the right side
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**Create record** wizard will open, give the **Record name** as "**simple**"
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Open the text editor and copy the IP address of the Ohio instance in the Ohio region.
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On **Create record** wizard, scroll to the **Value** section and paste the copied IP address of Ohio instance in the text input field
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Scroll to the **TTL(seconds)** section and enter "**10**" in the text input field
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**What is TTL(seconds)?** TTL (Time To Live) is a parameter in DNS records that specifies how long the record can be cached by DNS resolvers, measured in seconds.
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Scroll the page and click on the **Create records** button
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Record for **learnaws.com** was successfully created
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Congratulations on successfully creating a new record in the hosted zone! Well done!
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To add new IP addressed in the record, select the Record name **simple.learnaws.com**
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Click on the **Edit record** button on the top right side
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Open the text editor and copy the IP addresses of all instances