An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain. Put simply, you are able to use your Internet domain not just for a 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. When you set up the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it will use, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The second option will permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain for various purposes and even with different companies in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You are going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for each of the domain names which you host within a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you can manage them effortlessly via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a highly user-friendly interface and all it takes to set up an SRV record is to fill in just 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 default values, which you can leave except if the other provider requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active when you modify it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you are going to be able to employ the intuitive DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It will give you a rather simple user interface to set up a new record for every single domain address hosted in the account, so if you would like to use a domain name for any purpose, you could create a completely new SRV record with just a couple of clicks. Via simple text boxes, you'll need to type in the service, protocol and port number info, which you must have from the company providing you with the service. Moreover, you will be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you are going to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The default value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 if necessary. Additionally, you are going to have the option to adjust the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - thus setting the time this record is going to be active in the global DNS system after you delete it or change it.