Do I need to move all my DNS records to Route 53 when I point Godaddy to their nameservers?

Question

I'm managing a website that is currently using Godaddy as its DNS provider. Godaddy can't point at a Cloud Front distribution, so I need to swap the DNS name servers to Route 53.

I have MX records for mail, some TXT files, and SRV files. Do I need to port all of these over into Route 53 as well?

Answer 1

Are you switching your zone over to Route 53 in order to distribute from the apex (i.e. the domain's top level, instead of using a redirect to a subdomain CNAME, like example.com -> www.example.com)?

If so then yes, you'll need to transfer over all records currently in your Godaddy domain to Route 53.