An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. Basically, you’re able to use your domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you may choose what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different providers if the same one is not able to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Hosting

You'll be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any of the domain names that you host inside a shared web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record that you create will be active. Hepsia includes a really intuitive interface and all it takes to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you can leave unless the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to stay active in case you edit it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new SRV record for each and every domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will take no more than a few clicks via a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you can create any record that you need and when you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to type in the record value, the protocol, the service and also the port number and you will be all set. Optionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you have a number of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a specific service. You can also outline how long the new SRV record will remain active if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.