SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain address with different providers and forward it to several servers simultaneously, each and every server managing a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain added in it are controlled by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the required data and your new SRV record will be active in several hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. When required, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it'll remain active after you modify or remove it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a completely new SRV record for every single 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 few mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia web hosting CP, you are able to create any record that you need and when you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must enter the service, the protocol, the record value along with the port number and you will be ready. Optionally, in case the other company 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 those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a specific service. You may also specify how long the new 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.