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So we need to make the distinction

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between a domain registrar and a DNS service.

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So actually you can buy your domain name

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with any kind of domain registrar you want,

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and you're going to pay annual charges.

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So the way we did it so far in this course

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was to use the Amazon Registrar,

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through the Route 53 console,

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but it's possible for you to use any domain name registrar.

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So for example, you can use GoDaddy,

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you can just Google Domains, and so on.

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And usually whenever you register a domain

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with a domain registrar,

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they will provide you as well with a DNS service

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to manage your DNS records.

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So when we created a,

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when registered a DNS name with a host name with Amazon,

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we had a Route 53 hosted zone to manage our DNS records.

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But it's possible for you to choose not to use, for example,

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AWS Route 53 as your DNS records,

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when you have registered your domain with Amazon Registrar.

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Or vice versa, you can, for example,

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register your domain with GoDaddy.

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So you're going to purchase example.com,

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yet you're going to use Amazon Route 53

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to manage your DNS records.

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It's a perfectly acceptable combination.

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So how do we do this?

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Well, on GoDaddy you're going to register your domain,

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and then you're going to have the name servers option,

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and you can specify custom name servers.

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So what do we put in there?

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Well, first we're going to go to Amazon Route 53,

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and we're going to create a public hosted zone,

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for any domain we want.

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And then in the hosted zone details,

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we're going to find name servers on the right-hand side.

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So these four name servers are the ones

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we're are going to have to change on the GoDaddy websites.

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So that's when GoDaddy answers a query,

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"Hey, which name server should I use?"

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the name servers are going to be pointing to

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Amazon Route 53 name servers,

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and therefore we can use Amazon Route 53

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to manage all the EDNS records

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that are cleaved from that console.

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So to summarize,

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if you buy your domain on a third-party registrar,

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you can still use Route 53 as your DNS service provider.

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For this, you will create a public hosted zone in Route 53,

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and then you will update the NS, or name server's records,

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on the third-party website, where you bought your domain.

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And then you're going to point them

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to the Routes 53 name servers.

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So, just so you know, a domain registrar looks like,

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but is different from a DNS service,

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even though every domain registrar

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usually comes with some DNS features.

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So that's it for this lecture.

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I hope you liked it.

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And I will see you in the next lecture.