An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. Basically, you can use your domain not just for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. If you create the SRV record, you may choose what IP it will employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain address many different purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

If you host a domain name within a shared hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with just a few clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our intuitive interface makes it much easier to create a new record in comparison with other hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like users to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an additional option, you can select how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If not requested otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a completely new SRV record for every domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will take no more than a couple of mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you could make any record you need and when you select SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll have to enter the service, the protocol, the record value and the port number and you'll be ready. Optionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a given service. You can also specify how long the new SRV record will remain active in case you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.