Setting up Amazon Route 53 - Amazon Route 53
Sign up for an Amazon Web Services accountSecure IAM usersDownload tools
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Setting up Amazon Route 53

The overview and procedures in this section help you get started with Amazon.

Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account

If you do not have an Amazon Web Services account, use the following procedure to create one.

To sign up for Amazon Web Services

  1. Open http://www.amazonaws.cn/ and choose Sign Up.

  2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Amazon sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by going to http://www.amazonaws.cn/ and choosing My Account.

Secure IAM users

After you sign up for an Amazon Web Services account, safeguard your administrative user by turning on multi-factor authentication (MFA). For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for an IAM user (console) in the IAM User Guide.

To give other users access to your Amazon Web Services account resources, create IAM users. To secure your IAM users, turn on MFA and only give the IAM users the permissions needed to perform their tasks.

For more information about creating and securing IAM users, see the following topics in the IAM User Guide:

Download tools

The Amazon Web Services Management Console includes a console for Amazon Route 53, but if you want to access the services programmatically, see the following:

  • The API guide document the operations that the services support and provide links to the related SDK and CLI documentation:

  • To call an API without having to handle low-level details like assembling raw HTTP requests, you can use an Amazon SDK. The Amazon SDKs provide functions and data types that encapsulate the functionality of Amazon services. To download an Amazon SDK and access installation instructions, see the applicable page:

    For a complete list of Amazon SDKs, see Tools for Amazon Web Services.

  • You can use the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) to control multiple Amazon services from the command line. You can also automate your commands using scripts. For more information, see Amazon Command Line Interface.

  • Amazon Tools for Windows PowerShell supports these Amazon services. For more information, see Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.