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 specific hosting provider for your domain is the easiest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will 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 forth, so if you wish to change any one of these records, you will be able to do it through their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain show the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the domain you are attempting to access. That way the website that you will see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain address has at least two NS records. There's no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider is going to use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

Taking care of the NS records for any domain address registered inside a shared hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you merely seconds. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia Control Panel, you'll be able to change the name servers not only of one domain, but even of many domain names at once when you need to forward them all to the same hosting company. Identical steps will also allow 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 names will still direct to the old host. If you wish to create private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company site, as an example, it's going to have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for directing any other domain name to the same account too, besides the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to control the NS records of every domain address registered inside it without difficulty. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is basically an all-in-one tool for you to control everything relevant to your web presence, offers a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section in which you will find all your domain names isn't an exception, so even if you have not had a domain name and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. You will also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each and every one of your domain addresses uses right now and if they are the ones needed to direct that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an extra feature, we give you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com at no extra cost. This will give more credibility to your website, especially if it is a business one, and you may use these name servers for any other domain name that you would like to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.