An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers which run a particular service for a domain. In other words, you can use your Internet domain not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. When you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it's going to 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 in case that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The second option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is unable to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you host a domain address in a website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our user-friendly interface makes it more simple to create a new record compared with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you'll only have to fill a few boxes and you'll be all set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you may set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an additional option, you can pick how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If not requested otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new SRV record for each and every domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and is going to take no more than just a few clicks using a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS administration tool in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you are able to create any record you need and once you choose SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to type in the record value, the protocol, the service and the port number and you'll be all set. Optionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a great deal of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a particular service. Also, you can define how long the new SRV record will remain live if you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.