Creating hosted zones and record sets
Hosted zones store the information about how you want to route the traffic in the form of resource record sets. Records determine how DNS responds to your domain or subdomain. This recipe will explain how to create a hosted zone and resource record sets.
Getting ready
Before creating hosted zones, make sure you have access to the domain name and the resources you are going to point to.
How to do it...
- Sign in to AWS console and click on
Route 53
. - In the
DNS management
section, clickGet started now
.

DNS: Get Started
- Click
Create Hosted Zone
.

Hosted Zones
- In the
Create Hosted Zone
pane, enter aDomain Name
and optionally, aComment
. - Select
Type
asPublic Hosted Zone
and clickCreate
.

Hosted zone creation
- Once the hosted zones are created, it will by default create NS (Name Server) and SOA (Start of Authority) records.

Hosted zone details
- Click on
Create Record Set
to create a new record. - Provide the following values:
Name
: We will keep it blank, as we want to resolve...