An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain name. Put simply, you’re able to use your domain not only for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. If you set up the SRV record, you can select what IP it'll use, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The second option will enable you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different companies if the same one is not able to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a new SRV record for each of the domain addresses you host inside a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record you set up will be active. Hepsia features a highly user-friendly interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in just 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 when the other provider requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to be active in case you edit it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we know how irritating it could be to handle DNS records, we'll give you an easy-to-use DNS management instrument as an element of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain addresses inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to create an SRV record with no troubles. We've got a step-by-step guide, that'll make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will have to type in the information 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 could leave these two options as they are and your new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it is edited or deleted.