SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain with different providers and forward it to a number of servers at a time, every single server managing a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain included in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and as soon as you log in to your hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill several boxes with the necessary information and your new SRV record is going to be active within a couple of hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use and also the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. When required, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it is going to remain active after you change or remove it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a brand new SRV record for each and every domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will take no more than several clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS management tool inside your Hepsia hosting CP, 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 must enter the record value, the service, the protocol as well as the port number and you will be ready. In addition, in case the other service provider requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values when 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've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. You may also determine how long the new SRV record will remain active in case you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.