AWS::Route53::HostedZone

• A container for the records
• Define how to traffic to a domain a subdomains
• $0.50 per month per hosted zone on Route 53
• Public Hosted Zone: how to route traffic on the internet
• Private hosted Zone: how to route traffic within one or more PVCs (private domain names)
• Domains registered in Route53 are automatically added to a HostedZone, but you can also register a domain somewhere else (e.g. godaddy) and create a hosted zone for it in Route 53 manually

Private vs. Public Hosted Zones

• In order to use private hosted zone, the VPC must:
• enableDnsSupport set to true
• enableDnsHostname set to true
• A private hosted zone is accessible within a VPC

Properties

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-route53-hostedzone.html

Type: AWS::Route53::HostedZone
Properties:
  HostedZoneConfig:
    HostedZoneConfig
  HostedZoneTags:
    - HostedZoneTag
  Name: String
  QueryLoggingConfig:
    QueryLoggingConfig
  VPCs:
    - VPC