An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to outline the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. Put simply, you’ll be able to use your Internet domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established plus 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. Using this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain for a number of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you host a domain address within a cloud hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you will be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to navigate interface makes it more simple to create a new record compared with other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be all set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you would like users to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not required otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record could be created within just seconds for every domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even if 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 will appear. You will need to input the service, port number and protocol info along with the record value in them and the new record will be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may change any one of the two in case the other company has asked you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain working if changed or deleted, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.