The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL within an Internet browser, your computer asks the DNS servers globally where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name should be retrieved. That way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the site content is requested from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server handles the e-mails for the domain (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the correct mailbox, and so forth. Any change of these sub-records is done using the company whose name servers are used, enabling you to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every domain address has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain name registered inside a cloud web hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you only moments. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia Control Panel, you're going to be able to change the name servers not just of one domain name, but even of several domains at once when you want to point them all to the same hosting company. The very same steps will also permit you to direct newly transferred domain names to our platform for the reason that transfer procedure will not change the name servers automatically and the domain names will still forward to the old host. If you wish to set up private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with only a couple of clicks and with no additional charge, so when you have a company web site, for instance, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain address to the same account as well, not only the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for each domain name that is registered through our company could be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks through the innovative, although easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as simple to view the current NS records for a particular domain address and to verify if they're the ones that are necessary for the domain name to be directed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to handle any domain address with ease even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you want, you may even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain under which they are created, but also for any other domain that you'd like to host within the exact same account. This option is very handy if you have clients of your own and you wish their websites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is absolutely free.