# LE with Terraform and Route53 domains having public and private zones

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/le-with-terraform-and-route53-domains-having-public-and-private-zones/79189>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/le-with-terraform-and-route53-domains-having-public-and-private-zones/79189 "2018-12-04T19:05:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![mengesb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/mengesb/32/15331_2.png) [@mengesb](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mengesb)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/le-with-terraform-and-route53-domains-having-public-and-private-zones/79189/2 "2018-12-04T19:10:16Z")

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I guess my real question is that once a DNS TXT record is created, which I do see being put on the PUBLIC zone, what does the actual validation that the text record exists and from where is that done?

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