# View Secondary Zone Details

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**Prerequisite:** Only contract administrators, owners, and users with **Access and manage DNS** privilege can create and manage secondary zones. You can set user privileges in the [<mark style="color:blue;">DCD</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/network-services/cloud-dns/dcd-how-tos/set-user-privileges) or via the [<mark style="color:blue;">API</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/set-user-privileges-api).
{% endhint %}

To view details of a given zone, follow these steps:

1\. In the **DCD**, go to **Menu** > **Network Services** > **Cloud DNS** > **Public zones** tab.

2\. Select **Secondary Zones** from the drop-down list.

![Select secondary zones](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a6f5bed26c91646a13e365704c94227106c06849%2Fselect-secondary-zone.png?alt=media)

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**Info:** The **Public zones** section displays the zones if you have already created them. Select **Show secondary zones** to view secondary zones. This option only appears if you have created secondary zones but have not configured primary zones.
{% endhint %}

![Show secondary zones](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-25843a899cf055d1f3c7cdf74ae555eb3f11e29b%2Fshow-secondary-zone.png?alt=media)

3\. Select the zone to view its details. You can either click on the zone name or select **Details & Records** from the **ACTIONS** column.

![Corresponding secondary zone selection](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-12ab0e09d1ba4407b74987bd50dc0a59c04ce436%2Fselect-individual-secondary-zone.png?alt=media)

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**Result:** The following information is displayed in the **Details & Records** window:

* **Zone details**
  * **Zone name:** Displays the name of the zone.
  * **State:** Indicates if the zone is **Available**.
    * **Available:** Indicates that the zone is available and healthy.
    * **Provisioning:** Indicates that the zone is being created or updated.
    * **Destroying:** Indicates that the zone is being deleted.
    * **Failed:** Indicates that an error occurred during creation, update or deletion.
  * **UUID:** Displays the UUID of the zone. Click **Copy** if you want to copy it to the clipboard.
  * **Creation date:** Displays the creation date and time of the zone.
  * **Last modified:** Displays the last modified date and time of the zone.
  * **Primary IPs:** Displays the primary IP addresses that is associated with the respective secondary zone.<br>
  * **Nameservers:** Displays the nameservers of the zone. Click **Copy** if you want to copy it to the clipboard.<br>
  * **Description:** Displays the description of the zone.
* Select
  * [<mark style="color:blue;">Start zone transfer</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/network-services/cloud-dns/dcd-how-tos/public-zone/secondary-zone/start-zone-transfer) to initiate manual zone transfer.
  * [<mark style="color:blue;">Edit zone</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/network-services/cloud-dns/dcd-how-tos/public-zone/secondary-zone/update-secondary-zone) to update zone details.
* The zone records transferred from the primary zone are listed. You can view the FQDN, record type, content, whether it is enabled or disabled, and view record details.
  {% endhint %}

![Zones Details](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8acd1ba2e6240c3a43f21ec0a9fa8f72ccffaf42%2Fsecondary-zone-details.png?alt=media)


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