The NS (Name Server) records of a domain reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL inside a web browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name must be retrieved. This way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the website content is requested from the right location, a mail relay server discovers which server handles the e-mails for the domain name (MX record) to ensure that a message can be forwarded to the appropriate mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is performed using the company whose name servers are used, enabling you to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every domain address has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a Linux cloud website hosting from our us and you add a new domain within the account or transfer an existing one from a different company, you are going to be able to control its NS records effortlessly via the Hepsia web hosting CP, provided with all shared accounts. You'll be able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for a group of domain names simultaneously with several clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to manage your domain even if it is the first you have ever registered. It requires simply a click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to point a domain address to the hosting space on our end and with a few clicks more you will 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 each and every company that you want the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with extremely user-friendly interface, which will permit you to manage your domains without difficulty even if you have not used a hosting account or a domain address previously. Changing the NS records for any domain name registered with our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to direct that domain name to our cloud hosting platform is also quite easy and takes as little as several mouse clicks. You are also going to be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain names as part of the free DNS administration services that we provide with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain address which you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their web sites, using this feature will give you more credibility as a business.