The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside a web browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers globally where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name must be retrieved. With this a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the web site content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server finds out which server manages the e-mails for the domain name (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the correct mailbox, and so forth. Any change of these sub-records is performed using the company whose name servers are used, allowing you to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every domain name has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel, offered with with our cloud hosting products, allows you to deal with the name servers of each and every domain address registered through us with only a couple of mouse clicks, so even if you have not had a hosting plan or a domain address before, you won't encounter any issues. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it'll allow you to edit the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domain addresses all at once. Additionally we offer you the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain name registered in the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you'll use the child NS to forward the domain name 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 to their system. Unlike other companies, we do not charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.