The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal 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 effective way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be taken care of 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 need to modify any one of these records, you'll be able to do it by using their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain show the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the Internet domain you are attempting to reach. This way the website that you'll see is going to be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is absolutely no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company will use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

Managing the NS records for any domain name registered inside a web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform is going to take you just seconds. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia Control Panel, you're going to be able to change the name servers not only of a single domain, but even of multiple domain addresses at once if you need to point them all to the same hosting provider. The very same steps will also enable you to forward newly transferred domains to our platform because the transfer procedure isn't going to change the name servers automatically and the domain names will still forward to the old host. If you want to create private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you'll be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so if you have a company web site, as an example, it'll have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for redirecting any other domain to the same account as well, besides the one they're created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you register a new domain name within a semi-dedicated server account or transfer an existing one from another registrar company, you'll be able to update its NS records as needed without any difficulties even if you have not had a domain address of your own before. The process takes a few mouse clicks in Hepsia - the user-friendly management tool, included with our semi-dedicated plans. If you have a number of domains inside the account, you're going to be able to update all of them at the same time, which can save you quite a lot of time and clicks. Also you can see with ease the name servers which a domain address uses and if they are the right ones or not in order for the domain address to be forwarded to the account that you have on our advanced cloud web hosting platform. Hepsia will even allow you to set up private name servers under any domain name registered inside the account and use them not only for that domain address, but also for every other one that you wish to direct to our cloud platform.