The NS (Name Server) records of a domain reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL in a browser, your PC asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain must be retrieved. This way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an IP and the website content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server detects which server takes care of the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the correct mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted using the company whose name servers are employed, so you can keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for example. Every domain name has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting

When you use a Linux cloud website hosting from our company and you include a new domain address in the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you're going to be able to manage its NS records easily via the Hepsia hosting CP, offered with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain name or even for several domains at the same time with several clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to control your domain even if it is the first one you have ever registered. It takes only a click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to forward a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with a few clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for each of the domain names that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of any provider that you want the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with incredibly user-friendly interface, that will help you handle your domain names effortlessly even if you have not used a hosting account or a domain in the past. Changing the NS records for any domain registered using 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 very simple and takes just several mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under any of your domain addresses as a part of the free DNS control services which we offer with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for each and every domain name you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their websites, employing this feature is going to give you much more credibility as a business.