An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to outline the servers that run a certain service for a domain. Put simply, you’ll be able to use your domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a website with it. If you create the SRV record, you can pick what IP it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established in addition to 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 enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different providers if the same one can't provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Hosting

You will be able to create a brand new SRV record for any of the domain names you host in a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them with ease via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a very intuitive interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave unless the other provider needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you modify it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

By using a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you'll be able to use the easy to navigate DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia hosting CP. It's going to give you a rather simple user interface to set up a new record for any domain hosted within the account, so if you want to use a domain address for any purpose, you can set up a brand new SRV record with just a few clicks. Through basic text boxes, you'll have to input the service, protocol and port number details, which you should have from the company providing you the service. Additionally, you are going to be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you are going to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The default value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 when necessary. Moreover, you'll have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - in this way setting the time this record will be active in the global DNS system after you erase it or change it.