An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. Quite simply, you can use your Internet domain not only for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it's going to use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.
SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are handled by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your web hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can enter 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 would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If required, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you change or remove it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A completely new SRV record may be created in just seconds for each and every domain address hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to set up any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could set up records with the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You will need to input the service, port number and protocol information in addition to the record value in them and the new record is going to be working soon after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You can adjust each of the two if the other company has requested you to do so. Furthermore, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain working if changed or removed, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.