The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, point out which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain address is the easiest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will 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, so, in case you want to edit any one of these records, you're going to be able to do it by using their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain name point out the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the domain name you want to reach. This way the web site you'll see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There is no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a hosting provider will use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a Linux cloud hosting from our us and you register a new domain inside the account or transfer an existing one from a different company, you'll be able to handle its NS records easily through the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain name or even for several domains at the same time with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to control your domain even if it's the first one you have ever registered. It takes simply a mouse click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to forward a domain address to the hosting space on our end and with a few mouse clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of any provider that you'd like the new NS records to forward to.