---
title: "Nameserver zone file"
canonical_url: "https://www.zone.lv/help/kb/nameserver-zone-file/"
post_type: "ht_kb"
published: "2024-05-02T06:59:45+00:00"
modified: "2024-05-02T08:38:35+00:00"
language: "en"
author: "Ants Korsar"
taxonomies:
  ht_kb_category:
    - name: "Nameserver"
      url: "https://www.zone.lv/help/kb-categories/nameserver/"
    - name: "Technical (Nameservers, DNS-records, etc)"
      url: "https://www.zone.lv/help/kb-categories/domain-technical-info/"
  ht_kb_tag:
    - name: "DNS"
      url: "https://www.zone.lv/help/kb-tags/dns-en/"
    - name: "DNS records"
      url: "https://www.zone.lv/help/kb-tags/dns-records/"
    - name: "zonefile"
      url: "https://www.zone.lv/help/kb-tags/zonefile/"
---

# Nameserver zone file

### Nameserver zone

[*DNS*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System) (*Domain Name System*) zone file is text file that describes a DNS zone.
A *DNS zone* is usually made up of a single domain.
A zone file is the main DNS file for a domain, which contains all the nameserver zone records.
It can be used to simplify the process of moving nameservers.

The zone file looks like this:

```
; ===================================================================================== ;
; Generated by DataZone: 2022/08/25 14:43:03
; ===================================================================================== ;
; Records were last modified: 2022/08/25 14:42:37

; SOA record
$TTL 3600
veebimeister.ee.	IN	SOA	ns.zone.lv. hostmaster.zone.lv. (
			2022082520	; serial
			10800	; refresh, seconds
			3600	; retry, seconds
			2419200	; expire, seconds
			3600)	; negative cache TTL, seconds

; 3 NS record(s)
veebimeister.ee.		IN	NS	ns.zone.lv.
veebimeister.ee.		IN	NS	ns2.zone.lv.
veebimeister.ee.		IN	NS	ns3.zonedata.net.

; 1 MX record(s)
veebimeister.ee.		IN	MX	10 zonemx.eu.

; 0 A/AAAA record(s)

; 0 A/AAAA record(s) for URL redirect

; 2 CNAME record(s)
www.veebimeister.ee.		IN CNAME	veebimeister.ee.
autoconfig.veebimeister.ee.	IN CNAME mailconfig.zone.lv.

; 1 SRV record(s)
_autodiscover._tcp.veebimeister.ee. IN SRV 0 0 443 mailconfig.zone.lv.

; 0 TXT record(s)

; 0 CAA record(s)

; 0 SSHFP record(s)
```

### Name server zone in Zone management

If your domain uses Zone name servers and a web hosting service, the domain’s DNS zone file is available from the web-hosting management.

If you are using a web hosting service elsewhere, but the domain is in the Zone registry and uses Zone name servers, the DNS zone file can be found in the domain management under the `DNS Records`:

![](https://www.zone.lv/static/sites/5/dnsrecords-1024x809.png)