An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. Basically, you are able to use your Internet domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it will use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain for a variety of purposes and even with different companies if the same one is unable to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Hosting

You'll be able to set up a completely new SRV record for any one of the domain names which you host within a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record you create will be active. Hepsia includes a rather user-friendly interface and all it takes 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 and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave except when the other company requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you change it or delete it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record may be created within seconds for each and every domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you'll be able to create records with the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol info plus the record value in them and the new record is going to be operational soon after that. The priority and weight options can be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You can adjust any of the two if the other company has required you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain working if edited or erased, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.