# Route 53 in AWS

* Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service
* Hosted Zone -->  is an Amazon Route 53 concept. A hosted zone is analogous to a traditional DNS zone file; it represents a collection of records that can be managed together, belonging to a single parent domain name
 *  creating a hosted zone 
     1.  go to Route 53 and select Create hosted zone 
     2. Fill the domain name and type of hosted zone you need ( public or private zone)
     3.  now you can create records by selecting Create record 
     4. now give a Record name and record type and value  
     5. Choose routing policy and create done! 
         ( there are different types of routing policy choose the one that suits your need)