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 selection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL inside a web browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address ought to be retrieved. With this a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the website content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server discovers which server handles the emails for the domain (MX record) so that a message can be forwarded to the correct mailbox, and so forth. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted with the help of the company whose name servers are used, so that you can keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Each and every Internet domain has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

The innovative Hepsia CP, included with with our cloud hosting products, allows you to manage the name servers of each domain name registered through us with only a few clicks, so even if you haven't had a web hosting plan or a domain name before, you'll not encounter any problems. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and it will permit you to modify the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domains all at once. Additionally we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for any domain 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 address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you'll use the new records to point the domain to their system. In contrast to other providers, we do not charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.