The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain name is the most convenient way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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 on, so if you want to change some of these records, you are going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, 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 get the DNS records of the Internet domain you want to reach. This way the website you will see is going to be retrieved from the proper 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 functional difference between the two prefixes, so what type a host company will use depends solely on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Hosting
The innovative Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our cloud hosting products, will enable you to handle the name servers of each domain name registered through us with only a couple of mouse clicks, so even when you haven't had a hosting plan or a domain name before, you'll not encounter any issues. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and will enable you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain names together. In addition we provide you with the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for any domain address registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you'll 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 will use the new records to redirect the domain address to their system. Different from other companies, we don't charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The name servers for every single domain that's registered through us could be changed with no more than a few clicks using the advanced, although easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to see the current NS records for a specific domain address and to verify if they are the ones that are necessary 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 allow you to handle any domain address effortlessly even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you want, you may even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not just for the domain name under which they're created, but also for any other domain that you'd like to host within the same account. This feature is very handy when you have customers of your own and you would like their sites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is available free of charge.