Values that you specify when you create or edit Amazon Route 53 records

When you create records using the Amazon Route 53 console, the values that you specify depend on the routing policy that you want to use and on whether you're creating alias records, which route traffic to AWS resources.

Alias records that route traffic to certain AWS resources for which you specify the target resource (for example, Elastic Load Balancing, CloudFront distribution, Amazon S3 bucket). You can also optionally associate health checks and configure target health evaluation. The following topics provide detailed information on the values required for each routing policy and record type, helping you configure your Route 53 records effectively.

Topics

• Values that are common for all routing policies
• Values that are common for alias records for all routing policies
• Values specific for simple records
• Values specific for simple alias records
• Values specific for failover records
• Values specific for failover alias records
• Values specific for geolocation records
• Values specific for geolocation alias records
• Values specific for geoproximity records
• Values specific for geoproximity alias records
• Values specific for latency records
• Values specific for latency alias records
• Values specific for IP-based records
• Values specific for IP-based alias records
• Values specific for multivalue answer records
• Values specific for weighted records
• Values specific for weighted alias records