The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the range of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside a web browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name must be retrieved. This way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name 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 discovers which server takes care of the emails for the domain name (MX record) so a message can be sent to the right mailbox, and so on. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted through the company whose name servers are employed, permitting you to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every single domain name has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix like NS or DNS.
NS Records in Cloud Hosting
In the event you register a domain name within a cloud hosting account from our company, you will be able to control its name servers effortlessly. This can be done via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel and with only a few clicks you're going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even numerous domains at once, which could save you a lot of time and efforts in case you have a large number of domain names you want to point to a different service provider. You can enter numerous name servers depending on how many the other company offers you. Additionally we allow you to create private name servers for every domain registered through our company and in contrast to many other companies we do not charge anything extra for this service. The newly created NS records can be used to direct any other domain to the hosting platform of the provider whose IPs you have used during the process, so each time you use our IPs for instance, all domains included in the account on our end can use these name servers.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The name servers for each and every domain address which is registered through our company could be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks using the sophisticated, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to view the current NS records for a specific domain name and to determine if they are the ones that are required for the domain to be directed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to enable you to handle any domain with ease even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you would like, you may even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain address under which they are created, but also for any other domain address that you might want to host within the exact same account. This feature is very handy if you have customers of your own and you want their sites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is available 100 % free.