An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain name. Basically, you can use your Internet domain not just for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it'll employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a new SRV record for any one of the domains you host in a shared web hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them with ease in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record which you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes 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 also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave except if the other company requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a brand new SRV record for every single domain address hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than several mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS management tool in your Hepsia hosting CP, you can create any record that you need and when you select SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to input the record value, the protocol, the service and the port number and you will be all set. Optionally, if the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you have quite a lot of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a specific service. You may also outline how long the new SRV record will remain active if you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.