Domain Zone File Example
In this example standard directives and soa values are used.
Domain zone file example. The format is defined in rfc 1035. Zone files are a standard practice in the dns industry so you can also use zone files to get your domain working on dnsimple for the first time. Example a dyn zone file. File format the format of a zone file is defined in rfc 1035 section 5 and rfc 1034 section 3 6 1.
This format was originally used by the berkeley internet name domain bind software package but has been widely adopted by other dns server software though some of them e g. Both externally visible public services and internal hosts are defined in this file. This means of course that the subdomains will be stored in the dns zone but is also possible for a subdomain to have its own dns zone if we want. You just have to get your domain s zone file from your current provider and import it.
Nsd powerdns are using the zone files only as a starting point to compile them into database format see also. The bind zone file is a file format that has been widely adopted by dns server software. A domain name system dns zone file is a text file that describes a dns zone.