An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers which run a specific service for a domain. Basically, you’re able to use your domain not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you create the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it will use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record assuming that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With 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 can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

You will be able to create a new SRV record for each of the domain names that you host within a shared website hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you are able to manage them with ease in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record which you set up is going to be active. Hepsia includes a highly user-friendly interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave unless of course 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 erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we recognize how annoying it may be to manage DNS records, we will provide you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to create an SRV record without any problems. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things so much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to input the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific instructions to modify the priority and the weight values, you can leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value displays the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or erased.