An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers which run a certain service for a domain. In other words, you can use your Internet domain not only for an Internet site, 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 website with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it is going to use, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established plus the priority and the weight of the record assuming that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain for a variety of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one cannot provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any of the domains which you host inside a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you can manage them with ease through the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia comes with a very user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave except if the other company demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to be active if you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a brand new SRV record for every single domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than a few clicks via a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you could make any record you need and when you select SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to type in the record value, the service, the protocol as well as the port number and you will be set. In addition, in case the other service provider requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you will have lots of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a given service. Also, you can determine how long the newly created SRV record will remain live if you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.