The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain is the simplest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled 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, in case you would like to edit any one of these records, you are going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain 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 domain name you are attempting to access. That way the site that you'll see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain has at least 2 NS records. There is no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a website hosting provider will use depends solely on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Hosting
Managing the NS records for any domain name registered inside a cloud hosting account on our state of the art cloud platform will take you merely seconds. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not just of one domain name, but even of numerous domains at the same time whenever you want to point them all to the same hosting company. The exact same steps will also permit you to forward newly transferred domain addresses to our platform because the transfer process won't change the name servers automatically and the domains will still redirect to the old host. If you need to set up private name servers for an Internet domain registered on our end, you'll be able to do that with only a couple of clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company site, for example, it will 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 as well, not only the one they're created for.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, that will permit you to manage your domain names without difficulty even if you have not used a web hosting account or a domain name previously. Changing the NS records for each domain registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are correct or not as to direct that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also quite simple and requires just a few clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain names as an element of the free DNS administration services which we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for each and every domain name you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their sites, employing this feature is going to give you far more credibility as a business.