The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific host company for your domain is the most convenient way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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), etcetera, if you want to change any of these records, you are going to be able to do it through their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain name show the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain name you are trying to reach. This way the site you will see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain has at least two NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a web hosting provider will use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our cloud website hosting packages, will allow you to manage the name servers of every domain name registered through our company with simply a few clicks, so even when you haven't had a website hosting plan or a domain name before, you simply won't encounter any problems. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it will enable you to modify the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain names simultaneously. 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 IP addresses - 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'll use the new records to direct the domain name to their system. Different from other providers, we don't charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.