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Zach Valenta
Zach Valenta

Reputation: 1879

import Namecheap zone file to AWS Route53

I'm trying to import a Namecheap zone file to Route53.

Here is the zone file:

   @    3601    IN SOA   parkingpage.namecheap.com.   example.gmail.com.   2018071000  86400 7200 3600000  3601
        @    3600   IN      NS   dns1.registrar-servers.com.
        @    3600   IN      NS   dns2.registrar-servers.com.
        @    3600   IN      MX  10  eforward1.registrar-servers.com.
        @    3600   IN      MX  10  eforward2.registrar-servers.com.
        @    3600   IN      MX  10  eforward3.registrar-servers.com.
        @    3600   IN      MX  15  eforward4.registrar-servers.com.
        @    3600   IN      MX  20  eforward5.registrar-servers.com.
      www    1800   IN   CNAME   parkingpage.namecheap.com.
        @    3600   IN     TXT   v=spf1 include:spf.efwd.registrar-servers.com ~all

the error I get from Route53 is:

Error parsing zone file: Error in line 1: no owner (encountered after 0 correct records) In line: @ 3601 IN SOA parkingpage.namecheap.com.

I saw a related question but it concerned GoDaddy and the error message was different.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1572

Answers (2)

Zach Valenta
Zach Valenta

Reputation: 1879

Two changes and I was able to successfully import:

  • add $ORIGIN www.example.com on first line
  • removed white space from start of each line

the final zone file looks like this

$ORIGIN www.example.com
@    3601    IN SOA   parkingpage.namecheap.com.   example.gmail.com.   2018071000  86400 7200 3600000  3601
@    3600   IN      NS   dns1.registrar-servers.com.
@    3600   IN      NS   dns2.registrar-servers.com.
@    3600   IN      MX  10  eforward1.registrar-servers.com.
@    3600   IN      MX  10  eforward2.registrar-servers.com.
@    3600   IN      MX  10  eforward3.registrar-servers.com.
@    3600   IN      MX  15  eforward4.registrar-servers.com.
@    3600   IN      MX  20  eforward5.registrar-servers.com.
www    1800   IN   CNAME   parkingpage.namecheap.com.
@    3600   IN     TXT   v=spf1 include:spf.efwd.registrar-servers.com ~all

Upvotes: 2

Rodrigo Murillo
Rodrigo Murillo

Reputation: 13640

The NS and SOS are automatically created when you create the zone in Route 53.

Rather than import, just create the zone, then add the MX, TXT and CNAME records.

Upvotes: 0

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