SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain name for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different companies and point it to many servers at once, each server handling a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

In case you have a shared website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain included in it are handled by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and as soon as you sign in to your web hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a few boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record will be active in a few hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If required, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it is going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a completely new SRV record for any domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will require no more than a couple of mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia hosting CP, you can create any record that you need and as soon as you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to input the record value, the service, the protocol as well as the port number and you will be set. In addition, in case the other service provider requires it, you're also going to 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 these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got numerous possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. You can also outline how long the newly created SRV record will remain live 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.