The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL inside an Internet browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers globally where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain ought to be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the website content is requested from the proper location, a mail relay server finds out which server handles the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) to ensure that a message can be sent to the appropriate mailbox, and so on. Any change of these sub-records is conducted with the help of the company whose name servers are used, enabling you to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Each and every domain has a minimum of 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a cloud plan from our us and you include a new domain address inside the account or transfer an existing one from a different company, you're going to be able to manage its NS records with ease via the Hepsia web hosting CP, provided with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for many domain names at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it simple to handle your domain name even if it's the first you have ever registered. It takes just a mouse click to see what name servers a domain uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to point a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a couple of mouse clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for any of the domain names that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of any provider that you would like the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to manage the NS records of every domain address registered within it easily. The Hepsia CP, which is in essence an all-in-one tool where you can manage everything related to your web presence, provides a very simple and intuitive interface. The section where you will find all your domains isn't an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a few clicks. You are also going to be able to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain names uses at the moment and if they are the ones needed to point that domain address to the semi-dedicated account. As an extra feature, we give you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com free of charge. This will give more credibility to your site, particularly when it is a business one, and you may use these name servers for every other domain name that you'd like to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.