---
title: "Nameserver zone file"
canonical_url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb/nameserver-zone-file/"
post_type: "ht_kb"
published: "2024-05-02T06:59:45+00:00"
modified: "2024-10-02T09:02:01+00:00"
language: "en"
author: "Ants Korsar"
taxonomies:
  ht_kb_category:
    - name: "Nameserver"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-categories/nameserver-en/"
    - name: "Technical (Nameservers, DNS-records, etc)"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-categories/technical-nameservers-dns-records-etc-en/"
  ht_kb_tag:
    - name: "DNS"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-tags/dns-en/"
    - name: "DNS records"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-tags/dns-records/"
    - name: "zonefile"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/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:

### [![](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/zonefile1-3-1024x972.png)](https://www.zone.eu/support/?attachment_id=16224)

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.eu/static/sites/5/zonefile2-1-1024x857.png)](https://www.zone.eu/support/?attachment_id=16220)