SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a certain service different from a site. By creating a number of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain name with different providers and forward it to several servers at a time, every single server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

You're going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any one of the domain addresses that you host inside a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without any difficulty via the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record that you create will be active. Hepsia includes a really intuitive interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave except when the other provider requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you modify it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

By using a semi-dedicated server solution from our company, you're going to be able to benefit from the easy to work with DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It's going to provide you with a simple user interface to create a new record for every single domain name hosted inside the account, so if you wish to use a domain name for any purpose, you can create a brand new SRV record with only a few clicks. Using very simple text boxes, you will need to enter the service, protocol and port number details, which you ought to have from the company offering you the service. Furthermore, you will be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you're going to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 when necessary. Moreover, you'll 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 live in the global DNS system after you delete it or edit it.