{"id":1501,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583401-how-to-create-child-nameservers-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T04:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:45:25","slug":"1583401-how-to-create-child-nameservers-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583401-how-to-create-child-nameservers-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create child nameservers at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Create child nameservers at Hostinger to manage your DNS records via the DNS Zone Editor, or to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583227-how-to-point-a-domain-to-your-vps-at-hostinger\/\">point your domain to a VPS.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><h2 id=\"h-create-child-nameservers\">Create child nameservers<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You can manage your DNS records via <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583249-how-to-manage-dns-records-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS Zone Editor<\/a><\/b>. To add a new child nameservers records, open the <b>Domains<\/b> tab, choose the domain for which you want to apply changes, and reach <b>DNS \/ Nameservers<\/b> page:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11925 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_10-54-273x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_10-54-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_10-54.png 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">There select <b>Child nameservers<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11926 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-09-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-09-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-09-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-09-1024x366.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-09-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-09-1536x549.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-09-2048x733.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">To create child nameservers, all you need to do:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Insert nameservers <b>name<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Insert nameservers <b>IP<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Save <\/b>changes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11927 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-12-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-12-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-12-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-12-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-12-1536x641.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-25_11-12.png 1952w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><h2 id=\"h-create-a-records-for-your-child-nameservers\">Create A records for your child nameservers<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once that&rsquo;s done, you will need to create <b>A records<\/b> for your new child nameservers. For that, follow this procedure:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Copy your child nameserver <b>IP or IPs<\/b> (if you used different ones)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Create new <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4468886-how-to-manage-a-records-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A records<\/a> <\/b>for each different IP child nameserver used<b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>NS 1 record<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>NS 2 record<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>NS 3 record (optional)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>NS 4 record (optional)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>: ns1<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/b>: your child nameserver IP<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: Default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>: ns2<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/b>: your child nameserver IP<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: Default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>: ns3<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/b>: your child nameserver IP<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: Default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b>: ns4<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/b>: your child nameserver IP<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>TTL<\/b>: Default<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Any DNS Record changes trigger propagation, which can last <b>up to 24 hours<\/b> to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fully propagate<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Keep in mind that <b>not all domains support<\/b> child nameservers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You can use the <b>same IP <\/b>for several child nameservers as well<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Child nameservers are a great way of pointing your domain to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583227-how-to-point-a-domain-to-your-vps-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You can create up to <b>4 child nameservers<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating child nameservers at 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