The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain is the simplest way to forward 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), etcetera, so, in case you want to edit some of these records, you will be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain show the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the domain name you want to reach. In this way the site you will see is going to be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain registered in a cloud web hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you just seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia CP, you're going to be able to change the name servers not only of one domain name, but even of numerous domain names simultaneously in case that you want to direct them all to the same website hosting provider. The very same steps will also allow you to direct newly transferred domains to our platform as the transfer procedure isn't going to change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still point to the old host. If you wish to create private name servers for a domain registered on our end, you will be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so when you have a company site, for example, it'll have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for redirecting any other domain name to the same account also, not only the one they are created for.