SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a certain service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you can use the domain name with different providers and point it to several servers at once, each and every server managing a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address added in it are controlled by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you sign in to your website hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If necessary, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it is going to remain active after you modify or remove it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record could be created within seconds for any domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you'll be able to create records using the DNS management tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to type the service, port number and protocol information in addition to the record value in them and the new record will be active soon after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may adjust any of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record will remain functioning if changed or removed, may also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.