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 website. By creating a couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different providers and point it to several servers simultaneously, each server managing a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain address 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 Hosting

You'll be able to create a completely new SRV record for any of the domain addresses which you host within a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them with ease through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a really intuitive interface and all it takes to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave unless of course the other provider requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you edit it or delete it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Since we know how aggravating it could be to handle DNS records, we are going to present you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you are going to be able to set up an SRV record without problems. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will have to type in the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to modify the priority and the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live in a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value displays the time the record will continue existing after it's edited or erased.