SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a specific service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you can use the domain address with different companies and point it to numerous servers simultaneously, each server handling a separate service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for two records which are used for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain added in it are managed by our system, you'll 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 when you sign in to your web hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will simply have to fill a few boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you may also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it will remain active after you edit or delete it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you will be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record may be created in a matter of seconds for every domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can set up records with the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol information plus the record value in them and the new record will be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You are able to change any one of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Furthermore, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain functioning if changed or deleted, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.