An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to redirect a domain name to a third-party server and use it for some service different from a web site. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is created, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol which the domain name will use and the port, which will be used to connect to the remote server. Moreover, provided that you have several SRV records for the very same service, you can set different priorities and weights for each one of them, allowing you to send out the load between several machines. Such a record will allow you to employ the same domain address or subdomains under it with different companies, so you're able to employ it for different purposes even if you can't get all services from a single provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any one of the domain names that you host inside a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them without difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a really user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave unless the other provider requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to be active if you modify it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a completely new SRV record for any domain name 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 through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia hosting CP, you are able to create any record that you need and when you choose SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to enter the record value, the protocol, the service and also the port number and you will be set. Additionally, if the other company 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 those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you will have a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a given service. Also, you can determine 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.