The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the group of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside a browser, your computer asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name ought to be retrieved. In this way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an IP and the web site content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server finds out which server handles the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) to ensure that a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, etc. Any change of these sub-records is performed with the help of the company whose name servers are used, so you're able to keep the web hosting and change only your email provider for example. Each and every domain name has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a cloud plan from our company and you include a new domain address inside the account or transfer an existing one from another provider, you're going to be able to manage its NS records effortlessly using the Hepsia 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 a number of domains simultaneously with several mouse clicks. This is done via 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 even if it is the first you have ever registered. It requires simply a click to see what name servers a domain name 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 couple of clicks more you are going to 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 IP addresses of any company that you'd like the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for each and every domain name which is registered through us can be changed with no more than a few clicks via the leading-edge, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as easy to view the current NS records for a specific domain and to check if they're the ones that are necessary for the domain name to be pointed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to permit you to handle any domain easily even if you have never dealt with such matters before. If you'd like, you may also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain under which they're created, but also for any other domain name that you'd like to host in the very same account. This option is very beneficial if you have customers of your own and you want their sites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is available free of charge.