The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside an Internet browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers globally where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name should be retrieved. With this a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain 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 finds out which server takes care of the e-mails for the domain (MX record) to ensure that a message can be forwarded to the right mailbox, etc. Any change of these sub-records is done with the help of the company whose name servers are employed, so you're able to keep the web hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Each domain address has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a Linux cloud website hosting package from our us and you add a new domain name in the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you will be able to manage its NS records with ease through the Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for several domains at the same time with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it easy to manage your domain name even if it's the first you have ever registered. It requires merely a mouse click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to forward a domain to the hosting space on our end and with a few clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for any of the domain names that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of each and every company that you would like the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for any domain address that's registered through us could be changed with no more than a few clicks from the leading-edge, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as easy to view the current NS records for a particular domain and to check if they are the ones that are needed for the domain address 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 easily even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you wish, you can 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 set up, 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 would like their sites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is available free of charge.