An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain. Put simply, you can use your domain not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can pick what IP it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one is not able to provide all services that you need.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
In case you have a shared website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain added in it are managed by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and as soon as you log in to your hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will simply have to fill a couple of boxes with the required information and your new SRV record will be active in a couple of hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If needed, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it will remain active after you change or delete it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a completely new SRV record for every single domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than a couple of mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool in your Hepsia hosting CP, you could make any record that you need and as soon as you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to type in the service, the protocol, the record value and also the port number and you will be all set. Furthermore, if the other company requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a specific service. You may also define how long the new SRV record will remain live if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.