An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers that run a certain service for a domain. In other words, you can use your domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a site with it. If you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it'll employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain name for a number of purposes and even with different providers if the same one cannot provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

Provided you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain included in it are controlled by our system, you will be able to set up any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you log in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill a few boxes with the required info and your new SRV record will be active within a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If required, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it is going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a brand new SRV record for every domain hosted inside 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 using a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS management tool within your Hepsia hosting CP, you could make any record you need and when you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to insert the record value, the protocol, the service and the port number and you will be all set. Furthermore, if the other company requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you will have lots of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a given service. You may also outline how long the newly created SRV record will remain active if you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.