SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you can use the domain address with different providers and point it to a number of servers at a time, each and every server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the same service, but forward 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 example, and have the actual software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Hosting

Provided you have a hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address added in it are controlled by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary information and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use and also the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it is going to remain active after you change or erase it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a brand new SRV record for each and every domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than a couple of clicks via a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS administration tool in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you are able to create any record that you need and when you choose SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must enter the record value, the service, the protocol as well as the port number and you'll be set. Optionally, if the other company requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. You could also specify how long the new SRV record will remain active in case you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.