The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, point out which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain is the simplest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will be managed 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, so, in case you would like to edit some of these records, you are going to be able to do it via their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address show the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the Internet domain you are attempting to reach. In this way the website you'll see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least 2 NS records. There's no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a web hosting provider is going to use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

The innovative Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our web hosting products, will permit you to handle the name servers of any domain registered through our company with only a couple of mouse clicks, so even if you have never had a hosting plan or a domain name before, you won't encounter any troubles. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and will permit you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain addresses together. We give you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each and every domain address registered in the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you will use the child NS to point the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you will use the new records to forward the domain address to their system. In contrast to other companies, we don't charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you register a new domain name in a semi-dedicated server account or transfer an existing one from another registrar provider, you're going to be able to update its NS records as needed without any problems even if you have not had a domain name of your own before. The process takes several clicks in Hepsia - the user-friendly management tool, which comes with our semi-dedicated solutions. If you have several domains inside the account, you'll be able to update all of them simultaneously, which can save you a lot of time and clicks. Also you can see with ease the name servers which a domain uses and if they are the correct ones or not for the domain name to be forwarded to the account that you have got on our advanced cloud hosting platform. Hepsia will even enable you to set up private name servers under any domain address registered inside the account and use them not only for that domain address, but also for every other one that you intend to direct to our cloud platform.