An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a certain service for a domain. Basically, you can use your domain not only for an Internet 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 website with it. If you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it'll employ, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record assuming that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain for a number of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one cannot provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you host a domain inside a cloud hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our intuitive interface makes it much easier to create a new record in comparison to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will only need 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 can set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you want users to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a brand new SRV record for any domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than several mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS management tool inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you could make any record that you need and as soon as you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll have to enter the record value, the service, the protocol and also the port number and you will be set. Furthermore, if 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 these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a number of possibilities if you use many servers for a given service. You may also define how long the new SRV record will remain active if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.