How do I manage my nameservers?

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Nameservers exist to make navigating the internet easier. They containing specific information pertaining to a domains DNS records, which guide requests to the relevant services including the website itself via A and AAAA records but also Email via MX.

A records are IPv4 format addresses which correspond to your website and AAAA records are those in IPv6 format.

Most domains have at least 2 nameservers this provides a failsafe in case of fault or attack with aims to prevent downtime for the corresponding services. However, a domain can have more than 2 nameservers which may be useful for very popular high load websites and infrastructure.

Without nameservers, the internet would be much less human-friendly, users would have to remember the IP addresses of each website they visit! Although this wouldn’t be the only issue many of the services built would likely not work requiring huge changes to existing software.

Our default nameservers for shared hosting

ns1.snipecloud.com

ns2.snipecloud.com

All web hosting packages, are automatically set to default. This applies to our standard, premium, and reseller hosting packages.

Managing via your client area

If you haven’t already, login to your client area. 

Incorrectly configured domain records are one of the most common causes of websites appearing broken. Using the provided defaults helps ensure that all of the supplied records are correct and tied to your hosting package.

• Firstly, login to your client area. Following on, in the manage services area, click manage domains.

• Afterwards, select the domain you wish to alter the nameservers of.

• Once you have clicked on a domain, you will see the following screen. After, using the manage sidebar on the right under manager, click nameservers.

• Finally, make any changes to the existing configuration. Click change nameservers when you’re done.

VPS

When you purchase a VPS with us, you’re assigned nameservers during the build process. Unsure of yours? Get in touch.