NS record

Names the authoritative nameservers for a zone. Everything else depends on these being right.

What one looks like

example.com.  86400  IN  NS  ns1.provider.com.

Things worth knowing

  • The NS records at your registrar (the delegation) and the ones inside your zone should match.
  • Delegation changes are cached by the registry and often take longer than ordinary record changes.
  • Always run at least two nameservers, ideally on separate networks.

Look up a real NS record

Query any domain live and see every record type with its TTL.

Run a DNS lookup