AWS Networking Cookbook

Supported DNS resource record types

•  Address (A) record
  • IPv4 address
  • <Value>192.0.2.1</Value>
• AAAA record
  • IPv6 address
  • <Value>2001:0db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:0370:7334</Value>
• CNAME record
  • Canonical/Alternative Domain Name
  • <Value>hostname.example.com</Value>
•  Mail Xchange (MX) record
  • Domain name of a mail host
  • <Value>10 mail.example.com</Value>
• Name Server (NS) record
  • Name Servers Record
  • <Value>ns-1.example.com</Value>
• PTR record
  • <Value>hostname.example.com</Value>
• Start of Authority (SOA) record:
  • Information stored in the DNS zone about that zone and about other DNS records
  • 7 fields: Primary authority, Contact detail, zone serial number, refresh time, retry time, expire time, and minimum time to live (TTL)
  • <Value>ns-2048.awsdns-64.net ...