Amazon Route 53

Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It effectively translates human-readable domain names (like example.com) into numerical IP addresses that computers use to connect, and offers advanced features for…

Key facts

First appeared: 2010
Category: cloud_infrastructure
Problem solved: Amazon Route 53 was created to simplify the complex, often error-prone, and resource-intensive process of managing DNS for internet-facing applications, particularly those hosted in the cloud. It addressed the need for a highly available, scalable, and globally distributed DNS service that could be easily integrated with other cloud infrastructure, providing programmatic control over domain routing and advanced traffic management capabilities.
Platforms: AWS Cloud

Related technologies

Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3
Terraform
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
CloudFormation
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Amazon CloudFront
AWS Global Accelerator
Amazon VPC

Notable users

Capital One
Netflix
Airbnb
Coca-Cola
Epic Games