The zone has no SOA record.

ZONE_NO_SOA · Severity: Error

• ErrorZONE_NO_SOA

  The zone has no SOA record.

  Every zone starts with exactly one SOA record at its apex (RFC 1035 section 5.2). Without it, name servers refuse to load the zone.

  Recommendation: Add an SOA record for the zone name.

Reported by

• Zone file checker

Available through the API

• Zone file checker API

Related findings

• Warning ZONE_NO_DEFAULT_TTL Records without a TTL appear before any $TTL line.
• Error ZONE_NO_NS The zone has no NS records at its apex.
• Error ZONE_CNAME_AT_APEX The zone apex has a CNAME record.
• Error ZONE_CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA A name has a CNAME and other records at the same time.
• Warning ZONE_DIRECTIVE_IGNORED The zone file uses $INCLUDE or $GENERATE, which were not read.
• Warning ZONE_DUPLICATE_RECORD The same record appears more than once in the zone.

All findings