An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain name. Quite simply, you can use your domain name not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it'll employ, 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 second option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for a variety of purposes and even with different companies if the same one is not able to provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

You're going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any of the domain names you host within a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them effortlessly through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record that you set up is going to be active. Hepsia features a really user-friendly interface and all it takes to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave except when the other provider needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you change it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a completely new SRV record for every domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will require no more than just a few mouse clicks via a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS management tool in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you could make any record that you need and when you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to enter the service, the protocol, the record value along with the port number and you'll be set. In addition, in case the other company requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a given service. Also, you can specify how long the new SRV record will remain live if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.