An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a specific service for a domain. Quite simply, you are able to use your domain name not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a website with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can pick what IP it will use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different providers if the same one cannot provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a completely new SRV record for any one of the domain names you host in a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a rather user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to 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 could leave unless the other company demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

By using a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you're going to be able to benefit from the easy to navigate DNS management tool, which is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia web hosting CP. It will provide you with a very simple user interface to create a new record for each domain hosted within the account, so if you would like to use a domain name for any purpose, you could create a new SRV record with only a few clicks. Through basic text boxes, you'll need to type in the service, protocol and port number info, which you should have from the company offering you the service. Moreover, you will be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you intend to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The default value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 if required. Additionally, you will have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - this way setting the time this record is going to be active in the global DNS system after you erase it or edit it.