The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, show which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain name is the easiest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will 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 modify any one of these records, you will be able to do it by using their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the domain name you want to access. In this way the website you'll see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain address has at least two NS records. There isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a web hosting provider will use depends solely on their preference.

NS Records in Hosting

When you use a Linux hosting service from our us and you include a new domain name inside the account or transfer an existing one from another provider, you are going to be able to control its NS records effortlessly through the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, offered with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain name or even for a group of domains at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to handle your domain address even if it's the first you have ever registered. It takes just a click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to direct a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a couple of clicks more you'll 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 IPs of every provider that you want the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for any domain address that is registered through our company can be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks from the innovative, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as simple to see the current NS records for a specific domain and to check if they are the ones that are needed for the domain address 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 effortlessly 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 just for the domain under which they are set up, but also for any other domain that you'd like to host inside the very same account. This option is very beneficial when you have customers of your own and you would like their websites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is 100 % free.