SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a specific service different from an Internet site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain name with different companies and point it to numerous servers at a time, every single server handling a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you host a domain address inside a shared web hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our user-friendly interface makes it more simple to create a new record in comparison with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only need to fill a few boxes and you'll be ready. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you could set any value between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an added option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If you're not asked otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record may be created within just seconds for any domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a really easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you'll be able to set up records through the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You have to input the service, port number and protocol information as well as the record value in them and the new record will be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You'll be able to adjust each of the two if the other company has requested you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain working if changed or removed, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.