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 group of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside a browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address should be retrieved. In this way a 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 site content is requested from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server deals with the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) to ensure a message can be forwarded to the needed mailbox, etc. Any change of these sub-records is conducted through the company whose name servers are used, permitting you to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for example. Every single domain has a minimum of two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.
NS Records in Shared Website Hosting
The avant-garde Hepsia CP, which comes with our shared website hosting products, will allow you to deal with the name servers of each domain address registered through us with simply a few mouse clicks, so even when you have not had a hosting plan or a domain before, you won't encounter any troubles. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it'll permit you to change the NS records of any domain or even a number of domains together. We also give you the ability to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every domain registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to point the domain name 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 name to their system. Unlike other providers, we don't charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The name servers for any domain which is registered through us could be changed with no more than a few clicks via the advanced, although easy-to-use Hepsia CP that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as easy to see the current NS records for a particular domain and to verify if they're the ones that are necessary for the domain to be directed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to permit you to control any domain effortlessly even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you wish, you can even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain under which they are set up, but also for any other domain address that you would like to host inside the exact same account. This option is very handy if you have clients of your own and you would like their web sites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is 100 % free.