An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to direct a domain name to a third-party server and use it for a service different from an Internet site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is set up, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol the domain name will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. Moreover, provided that you have many SRV records for the same service, you'll be able to set different priorities and weights for every single one of them, so you can send out the load between several machines. Such a record will permit you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you can employ it for various purposes even if you can't get all of the services from a single provider.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any one of the domain names that you host within a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them without difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a very user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up 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 and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave except when the other provider requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record may be created within just seconds for each and every domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, employed to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create 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 management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You have to enter the service, port number and protocol information along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be operational right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You are able to change any one of the two in case the other provider has required you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain active if changed or removed, may also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.