hostedZoneId

Alias resource records sets only: The value used depends on where you want to route traffic:

Amazon API Gateway custom regional APIs and edge-optimized APIs

Specify the hosted zone ID for your API. You can get the applicable value using the CLI command get-domain-names:

• For regional APIs, specify the value of regionalHostedZoneId.

• For edge-optimized APIs, specify the value of distributionHostedZoneId.

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud interface VPC endpoint

Specify the hosted zone ID for your interface endpoint. You can get the value of HostedZoneId using the CLI command describe-vpc-endpoints.

CloudFront distribution

Specify Z2FDTNDATAQYW2.

Alias resource record sets for CloudFront can't be created in a private zone.

Elastic Beanstalk environment

Specify the hosted zone ID for the region that you created the environment in. The environment must have a regionalized subdomain. For a list of regions and the corresponding hosted zone IDs, see Elastic Beanstalk endpoints and quotas in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

ELB load balancer

Specify the value of the hosted zone ID for the load balancer. Use the following methods to get the hosted zone ID:

• Elastic Load Balancing endpoints and quotas topic in the Amazon Web Services General Reference: Use the value that corresponds with the region that you created your load balancer in. Note that there are separate columns for Application and Classic Load Balancers and for Network Load Balancers.

• Amazon Web Services Management Console: Go to the Amazon EC2 page, choose Load Balancers in the navigation pane, select the load balancer, and get the value of the Hosted zone field on the Description tab.

• Elastic Load Balancing API: Use DescribeLoadBalancers to get the applicable value. For more information, see the applicable guide:

  • Classic Load Balancers: Use DescribeLoadBalancers to get the value of CanonicalHostedZoneNameId.

  • Application and Network Load Balancers: Use DescribeLoadBalancers to get the value of CanonicalHostedZoneId.

• CLI: Use describe-load-balancers to get the applicable value. For more information, see the applicable guide:

  • Classic Load Balancers: Use describe-load-balancers to get the value of CanonicalHostedZoneNameId.

  • Application and Network Load Balancers: Use describe-load-balancers to get the value of CanonicalHostedZoneId.

Global Accelerator accelerator

Specify Z2BJ6XQ5FK7U4H.

An Amazon S3 bucket configured as a static website

Specify the hosted zone ID for the region that you created the bucket in. For more information about valid values, see the table Amazon S3 Website Endpoints in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

Another Route 53 resource record set in your hosted zone

Specify the hosted zone ID of your hosted zone. (An alias resource record set can't reference a resource record set in a different hosted zone.)