An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to point a domain to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a website. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and many others. When an SRV record is created, you can specify an Internet Protocol that the domain will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. In addition, if you have several SRV records for the very same service, you are able to set individual priorities and weights for each and every one of them, allowing you to spread the load between many machines. Such a record will permit you to use the same domain or subdomains under it with different providers, so you're able to use it for many purposes even if you cannot get all the services from just one service provider.

SRV Records in Hosting

You'll be able to set up a new SRV record for any of the domains you host within a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record that you set up will be active. Hepsia includes a highly user-friendly interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and also 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 is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you modify it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you're going to be able to take advantage of the easy to navigate DNS administration tool, which is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It'll provide you with a simple user interface to set up a new record for each and every domain address hosted within the account, so if you need to use a domain address for any purpose, you could create a new SRV record with a few clicks. Through basic text boxes, you'll need to enter the service, protocol and port number information, which you ought to have from the company providing you the service. In addition, you will be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you're going 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. Furthermore, you'll have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - thus setting the time this record will be live in the global DNS system after you delete it or modify it.