import Namecheap zone file to AWS Route53

Question

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.

I think you have to delete the SOA and the NS lines, to host your domain in route 53, cause it will use it's own SOA and ns config — Sid Ali, Jul 21 '18 at 09:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '18 at 15:40

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

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '18 at 20:24

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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.

answered Jul 21 '18 at 20:24

Rodrigo Murillo

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