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title: "Virtual name server object"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/api/core-virtual-name-server-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 object

## Description

The _VirtualNameServer_ object represents a virtual name server.

## Structure

| **Keyword JSON** | **Keyword XML** | **Occurs** | **Type** | **Format** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| created | created | 0 - 1 | string | date-time | Date when the name server was created. |
| updated | updated | 0 - 1 | string | date-time | Date when the name server was last updated. |
| owner | owner | 0 - 1 | object | [BasicUser](/en/api/core-basic-user-object/) | Object owner |
| updater | updater | 0 - 1 | object | [BasicUser](/en/api/core-basic-user-object/) | User who last updated the name server. |
| active | active | 0 - 1 |  | boolean | Indicates whether the name server is in active use,<br>• false = inactive<br>• true = active<br>Default value = false<br>For XML, 0 (false) and 1 (true) can also be used. |
| mainAddress | main\_ip | 0 - 1 | string | IP | Primary IP address of the name server. |
| ipAdresses | address | 0 - 1 | string | IP | IP addresses of the secondary name servers. Does not contain the primary IP address. |
| name | name | 0 - 1 | string |  | Host name of the name server. |