Amazon Route 53 - Basics

This course is an update that combines content from several Amazon Route 53 introductory courses. On December 12, 2023, these courses will no longer be offered in AWS Skill Builder. Learners who have previously completed the courses will not be impacted.

In this course, learners will get updates to the popular AWS networking service—Amazon Route 53. Route 53 is a reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to internet applications. Route 53 is a managed service on AWS, which provides DNS capability to route end users to globally distributed applications and services internally and externally. The service also supports registering new hostnames and resolving existing hostnames.

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 1 hour

Activities

This course includes scenarios, demonstrations, architecture diagrams, knowledge check questions.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Knowledgeably incorporate Route 53 into your DNS architecture design
• Successfully set up Route 53 for your unique context
• Explain DNS concepts and how they relate to each other
• Explain what Route 53 is and its key benefits
• Register a domain in Route 53
• Differentiate between uses for public and private hosted zones
• Select routing policy, record types, and health checks
• Analyze cloud and hybrid implementation for Amazon Route 53 Resolver

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Cloud architects
• Cloud engineers
• Network engineers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Completed the AWS Networking Basics course

Course outline

Section 1: Introduction

• Lesson 1: How to Use This Course
• Lesson 2: Course Overview and Scenario

Section 2: Module 1: The Domain Name System

• Lesson 3: Domain Name System
• Lesson 4: Fully Qualified Domain Names
• Lesson 5: Roles, Zones, and Zone Delegation
• Lesson 6: DNS Records
• Lesson 7: Pulling It All Together: Recursive DNS Lookup
• Lesson 8: Summary and Knowledge Check

Section 3: Module 2: Amazon Route 53

• Lesson 9: Benefits
• Lesson 10: Registering and Transferring Domains
• Lesson 11: Health Checks
• Lesson 12: Hosted Zones, Records, and Routing Policies
• Lesson 13: Summary and Knowledge Check

Section 4: Module 3: Amazon Route 53 Resolver

• Lesson 14: The Challenge of DNS Resolution in Hybrid Environments
• Lesson 15: Route 53 Resolver
• Lesson 16: Example: Hybrid DNS Resolution with Route 53 Resolver Endpoints
• Lesson 17: Summary and Knowledge Check

Section 5: Resources and Feedback

• Lesson 18: Additional Resources
• Lesson 19: Contact Us