Courses / AWS
42. DNS-based load distribution (Route 53)
Using AWS Route 53 routing policies (simple, weighted, latency, failover) for distributing traffic.
AWS / Infrastructure as Code
DNS-based load distribution (Route 53)
Route 53 routing policies decide which IP or endpoint a DNS query returns so traffic is distributed across targets.
"I want users routed to the best server automatically without changing app code."
Route 53 routing policies (simple, weighted, latency, failover) control how DNS responses are chosen so you can balance, prefer low-latency regions, or fail over when endpoints are unhealthy.
"I want users routed to the best server automatically without changing app code."
Route 53 routing policies (simple, weighted, latency, failover) control how DNS responses are chosen so you can balance, prefer low-latency regions, or fail over when endpoints are unhealthy.