SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you are able to use the domain address with different companies and point it to several servers simultaneously, each server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host a domain name inside a cloud website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with just a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it more simple to set up a new record compared with other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an additional option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. If you're not requested otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As we know how annoying it may be to manage DNS records, we'll present you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as a part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domains within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to create an SRV record without any complications. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things even easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll need to enter the information that the other company has supplied 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 these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but typically the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it is modified or erased.