What Are DNS Records?

Introduction

DNS Zone Editor.

A Record

maps a hostname to ipv4 AAAA Record maps a hostname to ipv6

CNAME

maps a hostmname to another hostname

Alias records

maps a hostnamew to ase resource An extension to DNS functioanlity alies recors not use ttl alias record targets:

  • elastic load balancer
  • amzaon cloudfront distribution
  • amazon api gateway
  • elastic beanstalk
  • s3 website bucket
  • vpc interface endpoint
  • global accelerator
  • route 53 record in the same hosted zone

MX Entry TXT Record SRV Record

DNS Glossary Additional Information

TTL

Each DNS record has a TTL (Time To Live) which orders clients for how long to cache these values and not overload the DNS Resolver with DNS requests. The TTL value should be set to strike a balance between how long the value should be cached vs. how many requests should go to the DNS Resolver.

Conclusion:

  • pending

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