SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a specific service different from a website. By creating a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain with different companies and forward it to several servers at a time, every single server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on several 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 Web Hosting

In case you have a web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are controlled by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your website hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill several boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record is going to be active in a few hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If necessary, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it is going to remain active after you edit or remove it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record may be created in just seconds for any domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, employed to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a very easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to create records via the DNS management tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to type the service, port number and protocol details along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be operational right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You may adjust any of the two if the other company has asked you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record will remain functioning if edited or deleted, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.