An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain. Quite simply, you’ll be able to use your Internet domain not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The second option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a number of purposes and even with different providers if the same one can't provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You're going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for any of the domain addresses you host within a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them with ease via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a really user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave except if the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to be active when you modify it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Through a semi-dedicated server package from us, you're going to be able to benefit from the easy to navigate DNS administration tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It's going to give you a quite simple user interface to create a new record for every single domain name hosted inside the account, so if you need to use a domain address for any purpose, you can create a completely new SRV record with just a few clicks. Via basic text boxes, you will need to type in the service, protocol and port number information, which you should have from the company offering you the service. Additionally, you are going to be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 if required. Additionally, you'll have the option to change the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to a various different value - in this way setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you erase it or modify it.