An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain. Put simply, you’re able to use your Internet domain not just for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it will use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The second option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different companies in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you host a domain within a cloud hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to work with interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared with other hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you may set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you'd like clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an added option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If you're not required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record could be created within seconds for each and every domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, employed to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to set up any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to create records using the DNS administration tool, which is an element 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 information in addition to the record value in them and the new record is going to be live soon after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You'll be able to change any one of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain live if changed or deleted, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.