An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers that run a specific service for a domain. In other words, you’ll be able to use your domain name not just for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it is going to use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will enable you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one is not able to provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Web Hosting
If you host a domain name inside a web hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much easier to create a new record in comparison with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you would like users to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an added option, you can select how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you could leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A completely new SRV record can be created in just seconds for any domain address hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to set up any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may create records using the DNS management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to input the service, port number and protocol details in addition to the record value in them and the new record is going to be working right after that. The priority and weight options can be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may change each of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain working if changed or deleted, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.