The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the group of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL within an Internet browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name must be retrieved. With this 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 site content is required from the correct location, a mail relay server detects which server handles the emails for the domain (MX record) to ensure a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, and so on. Any modification of these sub-records is done with the help of the company whose name servers are employed, so you can keep the web hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Each and every domain has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

When you use a Linux cloud package from our us and you register a new domain name inside the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you are going to be able to manage its NS records easily via the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for several domain addresses at a time with several mouse clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to control your domain address even if it is the first you have ever registered. It takes just a mouse click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to point a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a few mouse clicks more you will even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domain addresses that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of any provider that you would like the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to control the NS records of any domain address registered within it effortlessly. The Hepsia CP, which is in essence an all-in-one tool for you to control everything related to your web presence, offers a very simple and intuitive interface. The section where you will find your domains is not an exception, so even if you have never had a domain name and a hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a few clicks. You're also going to be able to see with a glance what name servers every one of your domain addresses uses at the moment and if they're the ones required to point that domain name 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 100% free. This will give more credibility to your site, particularly when it's a business one, and you may use these name servers for every other domain which you want to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.