SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a specific service different from a website. By creating a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different providers and forward it to numerous servers at once, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the same service, but point 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 example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Hosting

If you host a domain address within a hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with just a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to work with interface makes it much simpler to create a new record in comparison to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of 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 plus the weight. For the last two you could set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you want customers to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an added option, you may choose how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not asked otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Using a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you will be able to employ the user-friendly DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It'll give you a simple interface to create a new record for any domain hosted inside the account, so if you would like to use a domain name for any purpose, you can create a new SRV record with only a couple of clicks. Through simple text boxes, you will need to type in the service, protocol and port number details, which you should have from the company providing you with the service. Also, you are going to be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the very same service. The default value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 if necessary. Furthermore, you'll have the option to adjust the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - thus setting the time this record is going to be active in the global DNS system after you remove it or edit it.