‫So we need to make the distinction
‫between a domain registrar and a DNS service.
‫So actually you can buy your domain name
‫with any kind of domain registrar you want,
‫and you're going to pay annual charges.
‫So the way we did it so far in this course
‫was to use the Amazon Registrar,
‫through the Route 53 console,
‫but it's possible for you to use any domain name registrar.
‫So for example, you can use GoDaddy,
‫you can just Google Domains, and so on.
‫And usually whenever you register a domain
‫with a domain registrar,
‫they will provide you as well with a DNS service
‫to manage your DNS records.
‫So when we created a,
‫when registered a DNS name with a host name with Amazon,
‫we had a Route 53 hosted zone to manage our DNS records.
‫But it's possible for you to choose not to use, for example,
‫AWS Route 53 as your DNS records,
‫when you have registered your domain with Amazon Registrar.
‫Or vice versa, you can, for example,
‫register your domain with GoDaddy.
‫So you're going to purchase example.com,
‫yet you're going to use Amazon Route 53
‫to manage your DNS records.
‫It's a perfectly acceptable combination.
‫So how do we do this?
‫Well, on GoDaddy you're going to register your domain,
‫and then you're going to have the name servers option,
‫and you can specify custom name servers.
‫So what do we put in there?
‫Well, first we're going to go to Amazon Route 53,
‫and we're going to create a public hosted zone,
‫for any domain we want.
‫And then in the hosted zone details,
‫we're going to find name servers on the right-hand side.
‫So these four name servers are the ones
‫we're are going to have to change on the GoDaddy websites.
‫So that's when GoDaddy answers a query,
‫"Hey, which name server should I use?"
‫the name servers are going to be pointing to
‫Amazon Route 53 name servers,
‫and therefore we can use Amazon Route 53
‫to manage all the EDNS records
‫that are cleaved from that console.
‫So to summarize,
‫if you buy your domain on a third-party registrar,
‫you can still use Route 53 as your DNS service provider.
‫For this, you will create a public hosted zone in Route 53,
‫and then you will update the NS, or name server's records,
‫on the third-party website, where you bought your domain.
‫And then you're going to point them
‫to the Routes 53 name servers.
‫So, just so you know, a domain registrar looks like,
‫but is different from a DNS service,
‫even though every domain registrar
‫usually comes with some DNS features.
‫So that's it for this lecture.
‫I hope you liked it.
‫And I will see you in the next lecture.