Child Name Servers are Name Servers which are registered with the Registry under your Domain Name. You have to register Name servers with the Registry, before you can use them as Name Servers for registering Domain Names. Child Name Servers can be registered only by the owner  of the Domain Name under which they are registered. For instance, a Child Name Server ns2.xyz.com can only be registered by the Owner of xyz.com.Managing Child Name Servers1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name. >>2. Click on the Domain name in the search results to get to the Order details view.3. Click on the Manage Child Name Server button.Here, you can:Add a Child Name Server

Enter the host name of the Child Name Server you wish to add in the Add New Child  Name Server box, key in its IP address and proceed. A Domain Name can have any number of Child Name Servers associated with it.For example, for your-domain-name.com, you may create the Host Name as "ns1" and IP Address as 111.222.333.444.
 

IMPORTANT

1. Registering a Child Name Server as mentioned above is just the first step. The Child Name Server needs to be registered at the Registry to only serve as a non-authoritative Record should your Child Name Server not be resolvable in some extreme condition.
   
   This Name Server would start working only after you have added an Address (A) Record or Canonical (CNAME) Record for this Name Server within the Zone for the domain name (of this Child Name Server) at your own DNS Server, thus binding the NS to the IP Address.
   
   Examples

    

   i. If you are running your own DNS Servers then you would need to add a Zone for the domain name your-domain-name.com and create an A Record like
   
   ns1.your-domain-name.com.38400 IN A 111.222.333.444
   
   ii. If you wish to simply point your Name Servers to another Name Servers, then you may do so either way
   
   a. you may either add a CNAME Record to your Service Provider's Name Server, after buying Managed DNS through them.
   
   ns1.your-domain-name.com. 38400 IN CNAME ns1.service-provider.com
   
   b. or you may add an Address Record to your Service Provider's Name Server IP Address, after buying Managed DNS through them.
   
   ns1.your-domain-name.com. 38400 IN A 777.888.999.000

2. In case of .EU domain names, all Child Name Servers that you create/add, are automatically associated with that .EU domain name as a Name Server. Due to this limitation, you will only be able to add upto 13 Child Name Servers for .EU domain names (Note: The maximum number of Name Servers that can be associated with any .EU domain name is 13). If you have already added other Name Servers (not Child Name Servers of this .EU domain name), then the number of Child Name Servers that you can create would reduce by that many. Click here to know more about Name Servers >>
   
   Example
   
   i. yourdomainname.eu
   
   Child Name Servers created - ns1.yourdomainname.eu and ns2.yourdomainname.eu
   Thus, Name Servers automatically added for this domain name - ns1.yourdomainname.eu and ns2.yourdomainname.eu
   
   ii. yourotherdomainname.eu
   
   Name Servers used - ns1.hosting-provider.com, ns2.hosting-provider.com
   Child Name Servers created - ns1.yourotherdomainname.eu, ns2.yourotherdomainname.eu
   Thus, Name Servers automatically added for this domain name - ns1.yourotherdomainname.eu, ns2.yourotherdomainname.eu
   
   So in all 4 Name Servers will be associated with yourotherdomainname.eu - ns1.hosting-provider.com, ns2.hosting-provider.com, ns1.yourotherdomainname.eu, ns2.yourotherdomainname.eu
   
   This means that now for the domain name yourotherdomainname.eu, you can only add upto 9 other Child Name Servers or Name Servers since everytime you create a Child Name Server, it gets automatically associated with the .EU domain name as a Name Server.
    

3. In case of .UK domain names, all Child Name Servers that you create/add, are automatically associated with that .UK domain name as a Name Server. Due to this limitation, you will only be able to add upto 10 Child Name Servers for .UK domain names (Note: The maximum number of Name Servers that can be associated with any .UK domain name is 10). If you have already added other Name Servers (not Child Name Servers of this .UK domain name), then the number of Child Name Servers that you can create would reduce by that many.
   
   Example
   
   i. yourdomainname.uk
   
   Child Name Servers created - ns1.yourdomainname.uk and ns2.yourdomainname.uk
   Thus, Name Servers automatically added for this domain name - ns1.yourdomainname.uk and ns2.yourdomainname.uk
   
   ii. yourotherdomainname.uk
   
   Name Servers used - ns1.hosting-provider.com, ns2.hosting-provider.com
   Child Name Servers created - ns1.yourotherdomainname.uk, ns2.yourotherdomainname.uk
   Thus, Name Servers automatically added for this domain name - ns1.yourotherdomainname.uk, ns2.yourotherdomainname.uk
   
   So in all 4 Name Servers will be associated with yourotherdomainname.uk - ns1.hosting-provider.com, ns2.hosting-provider.com, ns1.yourotherdomainname.uk, ns2.yourotherdomainname.uk
   
   This means that now for the domain name yourotherdomainname.uk, you can only add upto 6 other Child Name Servers or Name Servers since everytime you create a Child Name Server, it gets automatically associated with the .UK domain name as a Name Server.

Modifying a Child Name Server

Deleting a Child Name Server

IMPORTANT

You may get an error while Deleting a Child Name Server if this is being used by another domain name of the same extension as a Name Server.

For Example,

If the Child Name Server ns1.yourdomain.com is being used by xyz.com as its Name Server, then you will not be able to delete ns1.yourdomain.com until xyz.com modifies its Name Server (to some other Name Server).

However, if xyz.info was using ns1.yourdomain.com as its Name Server, then you would not face any issue while deleting your Child Name Server - ns1.yourdomain.com.