The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the group of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL within a browser, your PC asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name should be retrieved. That way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the website content is required from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server deals with the e-mails for the domain (MX record) so that a message can be forwarded to the right mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is performed using the company whose name servers are used, permitting you to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for example. Each and every domain has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Web Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain name registered in a shared web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform will take you only seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia CP, you will be able to change the name servers not just of a single domain, but even of many domains at a time when you would like to point them all to the same hosting provider. The exact same steps will also enable you to forward newly transferred domain names to our platform because the transfer process isn't going to change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still point to the old host. If you would like to set up private name servers for a domain registered on our end, you will be able to do that with just a few clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to have a company web site, for example, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for forwarding any other domain to the same account too, besides the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for every single domain that is registered through us can be changed with no more than a few clicks from the innovative, although easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as easy to view the current NS records for a specific domain name and to check if they're the ones that are required for the domain name 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 address with ease even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you wish, 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're created, but also for any other domain that you'd like to host within the very same account. This option is very beneficial if 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 available totally free.