SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain for a certain service different from an Internet site. By setting up a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different companies and point it to a number of servers at the same 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 could also set different priorities and weight for two records that are used for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using 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 customer of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Hosting

In case you have a hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are handled by our system, you are going to be able to set up any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you log in to your web hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll only need to fill a few boxes with the needed data and your new SRV record is going to be active in a few hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. When required, you may also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you modify or erase it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we acknowledge how irritating it may be to deal with DNS records, we'll provide you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain addresses inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to create an SRV record with no problems. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll need to enter the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to change the priority and the weight values, you can leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but usually the default value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or deleted.