The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, show which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain is the most convenient way to direct 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 want to change some of these records, you will be able to do it using their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain address point out the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the Internet domain you want to reach. In this way the web site that you'll see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least two NS records. There's no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider will use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a Linux cloud hosting package from our company and you register a new domain in the account or transfer an existing one from a different company, you are going to 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 a number of domains simultaneously with several mouse clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's 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 one you've ever registered. It requires just a click to see what name servers a domain uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to forward a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with a few mouse clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for each of the domain addresses that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of each and every provider that you want the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you register a new domain address within a semi-dedicated server account or transfer an existing one from another registrar provider, you are going to be able to update its NS records as needed without any difficulties even if you have never had a domain address of your own before. The process takes a couple of clicks in Hepsia - the user-friendly management tool, included with our semi-dedicated plans. If you have many different domain addresses in the account, you're going to be able to update all of them simultaneously, which could save you a great deal of time and mouse clicks. Additionally you can see with ease the name servers that a domain uses and if they're the correct ones or not for the domain address to be forwarded to the account which you have on our sophisticated cloud hosting platform. Hepsia will even allow you to set up private name servers under any domain address registered in the account and use them not just for that domain, but also for every other one that you intend to point to our cloud platform.