Tagging Amazon Route 53 resources

A tag is a label that you assign to an Amazon resource. Each tag consists of a key and a value, both of which you define. For example, the key might be "domain" and the value might be "example.com". Tags serve many purposes. One common use is to categorize and track your Amazon Route 53 costs. When you apply tags to Route 53 hosted zones, domains, and health checks, Amazon generates a cost allocation report as a CSV file. This report shows your usage and costs grouped by your tags. You can apply tags that represent business categories (such as cost centers, application names, or owners) to organize your costs across multiple services. For more information about using tags for cost allocation, see Using cost allocation tags in the Amazon Billing User Guide.

For best results, use Tag Editor in the Amazon Web Services Management Console. Tag Editor provides a central way to create and manage your tags. For more information, see Working with Tag Editor in Getting Started with the Amazon Web Services Management Console. You can also use the Route 53 console to apply tags for some resources:

You can also apply tags to resources by using the Route 53 API. For more information, see the actions related to tags in the topic Route 53 API actions by function in the Amazon Route 53 API Reference.