The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the selection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL in a browser, your PC asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain should be retrieved. With this a 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 web site content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server discovers which server handles the emails for the domain (MX record) to ensure a message can be delivered to the correct mailbox, and so on. Any change of these sub-records is performed with the help of the company whose name servers are used, so you're able to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for example. Every domain has no less than 2 NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Website Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our website hosting plans, allows you to control the name servers of any domain address registered through us with simply a few mouse clicks, so even though you may have not had a web hosting plan or a domain address before, you'll not encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and will allow you to edit the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domain names all at once. We provide you with the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each and every domain name registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you will use the child NS to direct the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you will use the new records to redirect the domain name to their system. Unlike other providers, we do not charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for any domain address which is registered through our company could be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks through the sophisticated, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to see the current NS records for a particular domain name and to determine if they are the ones that are required for the domain to be forwarded to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to enable you to control any domain address with ease even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you want, you can even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not just for the domain address under which they are created, but also for any other domain address that you'd like to host inside the very same account. This feature is very useful when you have customers of your own and you would like their sites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is absolutely free.