The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, point out which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain address is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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, if you wish to modify any one of these records, you are going to be able to do it via their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain address show 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 reach. In this way the site you'll see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least two NS records. There isn't any practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company is going to use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel, offered with with our cloud hosting products, allows you to deal with the name servers of each and every domain name registered through our company with just a few mouse clicks, so even though you may have not had a website hosting plan or a domain address before, you will not encounter any problems. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and will permit you to modify the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domains together. Additionally we offer you the ability to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each domain name registered within 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 forward the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you'll use the new records to direct the domain name to their system. Unlike other providers, we do not charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.