The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the selection of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL within a web browser, your computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address ought to be retrieved. 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 Internet protocol address and the website content is requested from the correct location, a mail relay server detects which server handles the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the right mailbox, and so on. Any change of these sub-records is done through the company whose name servers are employed, allowing you to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every single domain address has no less than 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain name registered in a cloud hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform is going to take you only seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not just of a single domain name, but even of numerous domain addresses at the same time in case that you want to forward them all to the same webhosting provider. The very same steps will also enable you to point newly transferred domains to our platform for the reason that transfer procedure doesn't change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still forward to the old host. If you need to create private name servers for a domain registered on our end, you will be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to have a company site, for example, it will have more credibility if it uses name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for forwarding any other domain address to the same account too, not only the one they're created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to handle the NS records of every domain registered within it easily. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can manage everything associated with your web presence, comes with a very simple and intuitive interface. The section in which you will find all your domain names is not an exception, so even if you have never had a domain name and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a several mouse clicks. You will also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers every one of your domain addresses uses right now and if they are the ones needed to point that domain name to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we present you with opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com 100% free. This will give more credibility to your website, particularly if it's a business one, and you can use these name servers for every other domain name that you'd like to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.