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title: "Virtual name server group object"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/api/core-virtual-name-server-group-object/"
lang: "en"
section: "API reference — API reference (XML/JSON)"
breadcrumb: "API documentation (JSON/XML) > Objects"
updated: "2023-09-25"
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# Virtual name server group object

## Description

The VirtualNameServerGroup object represents the available virtual name server groups. A name server group consists of name servers that belong together.

## Structure

| **Keyword JSON** | **Keyword XML** | **Occurs** | **Type** | **Format** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| created | created | 0 - 1 | string | date-time | Date of creation. |
| updated | updated | 0 - 1 | string | date-time | Date of the last update. |
| owner | owner | 0 - 1 | object | [BasicUser](/en/api/core-basic-user-object/) | The object owner. |
| updater | updater | 0 - 1 | object | [BasicUser](/en/api/core-basic-user-object/) | User who last updated the name server group. |
| name | name | 1 | string |  | Custom name of the name server group |
| useDefaultIps | use\_default\_ips | 0 - 1 | boolean |  | Use default ip addresses.<br>• false = Do not use default ip addresses<br>• true = use default ip addresses<br>Default value = false<br>For XML, 0 (false) and 1 (true) can also be used. |
| nameServers | nserver | 0 - n | object | [VirtualNameServer](/en/api/core-virtual-name-server-object/) | The name servers that belong to the group. |
| systemNameServerGroup | ns\_physical\_group | 1 | object | [Physical NameserverGroup](/en/api/core-physical-name-server-group-object/) | The group of physical name servers responsible for this virtual name server group. |