An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers which run a specific service for a domain. Put simply, you’re able to use your domain not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record in case 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 type of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for various purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any of the domain names that you host within a shared web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them with ease via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record you set up will be active. Hepsia features a very user-friendly 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 plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave unless the other company demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you modify it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As we know how aggravating it could be to manage DNS records, we will present you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to set up an SRV record without issues. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things even easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll need to enter the info that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific directions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you can leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but typically the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it's modified or removed.