A hosted zone is a container for DNS records that define how to route traffic for a domain and its subdomains.
Types of Hosted Zones
- Public Hosted Zone
- Routes traffic over the public Internet.
- Used for publicly accessible domain names.
- Example:
app1.mypublicdomain.com
- Private Hosted Zone
- Routes traffic within one or more VPCs only.
- Used for internal domain names.
- Example:
app1.company.internal
Pricing
- $0.50 per month for each hosted zone (public or private).