The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, show which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain name is the simplest way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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 on, so, in case you want to edit any of these records, you are going to be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name point out the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain name you are trying to reach. This way the website that you will see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least two NS records. There is no practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider will use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

In the event you register a domain name inside a cloud hosting account from our company, you're going to be able to manage its name servers without difficulty. This is accomplished via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and with only a few clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even numerous domains at the same time, which can save you time and efforts when you have a lot of domain names you want to forward to a different provider. You can enter a number of name servers depending on how many the other provider provides you with. In addition we allow you to set up private name servers for each and every domain registered via our company and unlike many other companies we don't charge anything extra for this service. The new NS records can be used to direct any other domain name to the hosting platform of the company whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so if you use our IPs for instance, all domain names added to the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are administered using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with extremely user-friendly interface, that will help you handle your domain addresses with ease even when you have not used a hosting account or a domain before. Changing the NS records for each domain registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are correct or not as to point that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and requires just a couple of mouse clicks. You are also going to be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain names as an element of the free DNS management services we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain name you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their sites, employing this feature will give you more credibility as a business.