# Amazon Route 53 Documentation

Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service.

- [Developer Guide](/en_us/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/): Provides an overview of Amazon Route 53, detailed feature descriptions, and procedures for using the console.
- [API Reference](/en_us/Route53/latest/APIReference/): Describes all the API operations for Amazon Route 53 in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
- [Amazon Route 53 DNS and health checking in the Amazon CLI Reference](/en_us/cli/latest/reference/route53/index.html): Describes the Amazon Route 53 commands in the Amazon CLI that you can use to configure DNS and health checks. Provides syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.
- [Amazon Route 53 Resolver in the Amazon CLI Reference](/en_us/cli/latest/reference/route53resolver/index.html): Describes the Amazon Route 53 Resolver commands in the Amazon CLI that you can use for forwarding DNS queries to Resolver in a specified VPC. Provides syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.

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