An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a certain service for a domain. Put simply, you’ll be able to use your Internet domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. If you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The second option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one cannot provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you host a domain name within a shared website hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with just a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much simpler to create a new record in comparison with other web hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be all set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you may set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you want clients to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. If not asked otherwise, you could leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Since we understand how frustrating it could be to handle DNS records, we are going to present you with an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain names within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to create an SRV record without any difficulties. We also have a step-by-step guide, which will make things that much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to enter the details that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific recommendations to modify the priority and the weight values, you can leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value shows the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or deleted.