The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the group of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL within an Internet browser, your computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name ought to be retrieved. That way a web 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 requested from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server handles the emails for the domain address (MX record) so a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is done through the company whose name servers are used, so you can keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Every domain address has a minimum of two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

When you use a Linux cloud hosting from our company and you include a new domain within the account or transfer an existing one from a different company, you'll be able to manage its NS records effortlessly via the Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with all shared accounts. You'll be able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for a number of domain names at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which 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 one you've 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 direct a domain address to the hosting space on our end and with only a couple of mouse 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 provider that you'd like the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to control the NS records of every domain address registered within it easily. The Hepsia CP, which is essentially an all-in-one tool for you to handle everything associated with your web presence, offers a very simple and intuitive interface. The section in which you will find all your domain addresses isn't an exception, so even if you have never had a domain address and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. You will also be able to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain names uses presently and if they're the ones required to forward that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an additional feature, we give you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com totally free. This will give more credibility to your site, especially if it's a business one, and you could use these name servers for every other domain that you'd like to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.