# How to get started with Amazon Route 53
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For information about getting started with Amazon Route 53, see the following topics in this guide:
+ [Set up Amazon Route 53](setting-up-route-53.md), which explains how to sign up for AWS, how to secure access to your AWS account, and how to set up programmatic access to Route 53
+ [Getting started with Amazon Route 53](getting-started.md), which describes how to register a domain name, how to create an Amazon S3 bucket and configure it to host a static website, and how to route internet traffic to the website