An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. Basically, you’re able to use your domain name not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can choose what IP it'll employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established plus the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain for a number of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one cannot provide all services that you need.

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 will be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you sign in to your hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary information and your new SRV record will be active within a couple of hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If needed, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it will remain active after you modify or erase 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 Servers

A brand new SRV record may be created in a matter of seconds for every single domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a really easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to create records using the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to input the service, port number and protocol details along with the record value in them and the new record will be operational right after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You may adjust any one of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain functioning if edited or erased, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.