The purpose of the Zonemaster project is to develop a DNS validation software. There are three ways one can use the Zonemaster software:
- Using the Web user Interface: In this case, there is no installation of the Zonemaster software needed. A user types the URL zonemaster.net, provides as input a domain name, and then can view the results.
- From the Command Line Interface (CLI): In this case, the user has to install two components of the Zonemaster software, i.e. the "zonemaster-engine" and the "zonemaster-cli". Reference for installing these two components can be found from the readme document.
- There are cases, wherein an organisation or a user, that wants to have the results of their DNS validation stored and can be viewed later. In that case, in addition to the "zonemaster-engine" and "zonemaster-cli", the user has to install the "zonemaster-backend" and the "zonemaster-gui". Reference for installing in all these components can be found in the readme document.