SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain address with different providers and forward it to numerous servers at once, each server managing a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You could 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. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host a domain name in a cloud website hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our intuitive interface makes it more simple to set up a new record in comparison to other hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will simply have to fill a few boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like customers to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Using a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you'll be able to employ our user-friendly DNS administration tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It'll give you a rather simple interface to set up a new record for any domain name hosted inside the account, so if you wish to use a domain name for any purpose, you can set up a completely new SRV record with a few clicks. Through very simple text boxes, you'll need to type in the service, protocol and port number information, which you should have from the company providing you with the service. Furthermore, you will be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 when necessary. Moreover, you will have the option to adjust the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - in this way setting the time this record is going to be active in the global DNS system after you delete it or edit it.