SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a particular service different from an Internet site. By setting up a few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain address with different companies and forward it to many servers at the same time, each server handling a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records that are used for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host a domain within a cloud web hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with a few clicks in the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much easier to set up a new record in comparison to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you could set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you'd like customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If you're not requested otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As we understand how annoying it could be to handle DNS records, we'll offer you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as an element of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to set up an SRV record without any issues. We also have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll have to input the details that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific recommendations to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but typically the default value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it's changed or erased.