The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain address is the simplest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), and so forth, if you wish to edit any of these records, you'll be able to do it by using their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain point out the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the Internet domain you want to access. This way the web site you'll see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider will use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a Linux cloud website hosting from our us and you register a new domain name within the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you will be able to control its NS records with ease via the Hepsia web hosting CP, offered with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for several domains at a time with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it simple to handle your domain address even if it's the first one you've ever registered. It requires just a click to see what name servers a domain 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 only a few mouse clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for any of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of each and every provider that you'd like the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, which will enable you to handle your domain names effortlessly even if you have not used a hosting account or a domain address before. Changing the NS records for any domain address registered using our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to forward that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and requires just a couple of clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain names as part of the free DNS management services which we provide with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain address you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their websites, using this feature will give you far more credibility as a business.