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 most convenient 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), etcetera, so if you wish to change any one of these records, you are going to be able to do it via their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain point out the DNS servers that 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 Internet domain you are attempting to access. In this way the website you'll see is going to be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain name has at least two NS records. There is absolutely no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what type a web hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our hosting plans, will allow you to manage the name servers of every single domain name registered through our company with simply a few mouse clicks, so even when you haven't had a web hosting plan or a domain name before, you simply won't encounter any troubles. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it will enable you to change the NS records of any domain or even a number of domain names together. We give you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every domain name registered inside 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 direct the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you'll use the new records to direct the domain address to their system. In contrast to other providers, we do not charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for every single domain name that is registered through us can be changed with no more than a few clicks via the leading-edge, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as easy to see the current NS records for a specific domain address and to determine 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 permit you to manage any domain with ease even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you wish, you can also 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're set up, but also for any other domain name that you'd like to host inside the very same account. This feature is very handy if you have clients of your own and you want their web sites to use your own name servers instead of our default ones. The service is available totally free.