An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to point a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is created, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol that the domain name will use and the port, that will be used to connect to the remote server. In addition, if you have a few SRV records for the same service, you can set individual priorities and weights for every single one of them, so that you can distribute the load between a number of machines. Such a record allows you to employ the same domain address or subdomains under it with different companies, so you're able to employ it for different purposes even if you are unable to get all the services from one provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a new SRV record for any of the domain names which you host inside a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you are able to manage them with ease through the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia includes a highly user-friendly interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave unless the other provider requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to be active in case you change it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new SRV record may be created within seconds for each domain name hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to set up any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can set up records with the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to type the service, port number and protocol information along with the record value in them and the new record will be live soon after that. The priority and weight options can be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You can change any of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain working if edited or deleted, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.