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How does Route 53 or cloud DNS map domain to load balancer?

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Model answer

DNS to load balancer

diagram
user → Route53 A/ALIAS record → ALB → targets in ASG

Alias records to AWS resources avoid extra hop; health checks can failover DNS.

TTL affects how fast failover propagates.