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Getting information about a DNS zone

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at July 29, 2025
Management console
CLI
Terraform
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  1. In the management console, select the folder containing your DNS zone.
  2. Select Cloud DNS.
  3. In the left-hand panel, select Zones.
  4. Select the DNS zone you need.
  5. Navigate to the Overview tab.
  6. You will see DNS zone details on the Overview page.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To get a DNS zone ID or name, retrieve a list of zones in the folder.

  1. See the description of the CLI command for getting DNS zone information:

    yc dns zone get --help
    
  2. To get DNS zone details, run the following command with its name or ID specified:

    yc dns zone get <DNS_zone_name>
    

    Result:

    id: dns6oh57qm9n********
    folder_id: f01derqpemb4********
    created_at: "2023-11-02T08:34:58.493Z"
    name: example.com.
    zone: example-zone-name
    public_visibility: {}
    

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the relevant documentation on the Terraform website or its mirror.

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To get DNS zone information using Terraform:

  1. Add the data and output sections to the Terraform configuration file:

    data "yandex_dns_zone" "my_zone" {
      dns_zone_id = "<DNS_zone_ID>"
    }
    
    output "public" {
      value = data.yandex_dns_zone.my_zone.public
    }
    

    Where:

    • data "yandex_dns_zone": Description of the DNS zone as a data source:
      • dns_zone_id: DNS zone ID.
    • output "zone": Output variable with the DNS zone type information:
      • value: Return value.

    You can replace public with another variable to get the information you need. For more information about the yandex_dns_zone data source variables, see the relevant provider documentation.

  2. Create the resources:

    1. In the terminal, go to the directory where you edited the configuration file.

    2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using this command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, you will get this message:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      
    3. Run this command:

      terraform plan
      

      You will see a detailed list of resources. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will show them.

    4. Apply the changes:

      terraform apply
      
    5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.

    Terraform will create the required resources and display their output variables. To check the results, run this command:

    terraform output
    

    Result:

    public = false
    

To get DNS zone details, use the get REST API method for the DnsZone resource or the DnsZoneService/Get gRPC API call.

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