A company's DNS provider is experiencing outages that disrupt a website hosted on AWS. The company wants to migrate quickly to a more resilient managed DNS service running on AWS. What should a solutions architect do to rapidly migrate DNS hosting?
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Correct answer: Create an Amazon Route 53 public hosted zone for the domain name. Import the zone file containing the domain records hosted by the previous provider..
Why this is the answer
Creating an Amazon Route 53 public hosted zone is the correct approach for migrating a public-facing website's DNS. Route 53 is a highly available and scalable managed DNS service. Importing the existing zone file ensures a rapid and accurate transfer of all domain records (A, CNAME, MX, etc.) from the previous provider, minimizing manual configuration and potential errors. A private hosted zone is incorrect because it's used for DNS resolution within a VPC, not for public internet traffic. Creating a Simple AD directory is irrelevant as it's an identity and access management service, not a public DNS hosting solution. Route 53 Resolver inbound endpoints are used for hybrid DNS architectures, allowing on-premises DNS to resolve AWS resources, not for migrating public domain hosting.
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