The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the range of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL within an Internet browser, your computer asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain must be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an IP and the website content is required from the correct location, a mail relay server discovers which server takes care of the emails for the domain address (MX record) to ensure a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, and so forth. Any modification of these sub-records is performed using the company whose name servers are employed, so that you can keep the web hosting and change only your email provider for example. Every single domain address has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a Linux cloud package from our company and you include a new domain inside the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you'll be able to handle its NS records with ease via the Hepsia web hosting CP, offered with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for a group of domain addresses simultaneously with several clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it easy to manage your domain address even if it is the first you have ever registered. It takes only a mouse click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to point a domain to the hosting space on our end and with a few mouse clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of every provider that you would like the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with incredibly user-friendly interface, that will permit you to handle your domain addresses with ease even if you haven't used a web hosting account or a domain name up to now. Changing the NS records for each and every domain name registered using our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are accurate or not as to direct that domain name to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and takes only a few mouse clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under any of your domain names as a part of the free DNS administration services which we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain name that you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their web sites, employing this feature will give you more credibility as a business.