Question 750
A global retail network integrates private DNS and access routing. The team confirms that the DNS records resolve but backend AZ is unhealthy. What should the solution architect recommend?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The scenario identifies this requirement: The DNS records resolve but backend AZ is unhealthy. Select Configure appropriate health-check and regional failover behavior as the specified technical mechanism. DNS availability depends on endpoint health design. This response addresses the problem described rather than a different design goal.
Incorrect Answers
Set Route 53 alias record to the ALB would help if a public service uses an ALB but clients need a friendly custom DNS name. Route 53 alias records target supported AWS resources. That is not the symptom described here: the DNS records resolve but backend AZ is unhealthy. The matching response is Configure appropriate health-check and regional failover behavior, because dNS availability depends on endpoint health design.
For the alternative failure vPC hosts require on-prem DNS zones not available in public DNS, the control Use Route 53 Resolver outbound endpoints with forwarding rules is relevant: outbound resolvers forward specific DNS domains to external DNS. Here the evidence instead is the DNS records resolve but backend AZ is unhealthy. The selected technical mechanism is Configure appropriate health-check and regional failover behavior: dNS availability depends on endpoint health design.
Use Route 53 private hosted zones associated with intended VPCs solves a different operational problem where internal services need name resolution only inside authorized VPCs. Private zone records are scoped to associated VPC resolvers. It does not directly address the DNS records resolve but backend AZ is unhealthy. The case calls for Configure appropriate health-check and regional failover behavior, since dNS availability depends on endpoint health design.