# View Primary Zone Details

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**Prerequisite:** Only contract administrators, owners, and users with **Access and manage DNS** privilege can create and manage primary zones and records. You can set user privileges in the [<mark style="color:blue;">DCD</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/network-services/cloud-dns/dcd-how-tos/set-user-privileges) or the [<mark style="color:blue;">API</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/set-user-privileges-api).
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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 **Primary Zones** from the drop-down list.

3\. Select the zone to view its details. Alternatively, you can also select **Details & Records** in the **ACTION** column to view the details.

![Zone selection](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-85b510ea4adb54496925ce3dbaebb38f8505ebfe%2Fzones-overview.png?alt=media)

4\. In the **Details & Records** window, select **Zone details**. To update the zone details, click [<mark style="color:blue;">Edit zone</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/network-services/cloud-dns/dcd-how-tos/public-zone/primary-zone/update-primary-zone).

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**Result:** The following information is displayed in **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.
* **Enabled:** Displays **Yes** if the zone is **Enabled** or **No** when it is **Disabled**.
* **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.
* **Nameservers:** Displays the nameservers of the zone. Click **Copy** if you want to copy it to the clipboard.
* **Description:** Displays the description of the zone.
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![Zone details](https://1737632334-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MifAzdGvKLDTtvJP8sm%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-29c95c95b834431bb6301f850d0d4e4227d539b1%2Fzone-details.png?alt=media)