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 few SRV records, you will be able to use the domain address with different companies and direct it to several servers at once, each server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are controlled by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you log in to your website hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a few boxes with the required data and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can input 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 depending on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If necessary, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you modify or erase it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you are 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 any domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and is going to take no more than just a few mouse clicks via a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS management tool inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you can create any record you need and when you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to input the record value, the protocol, the service and also the port number and you'll be all set. In addition, in case the other service provider 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 these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you have quite a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. Also, you can determine 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.