An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers which run a specific service for a domain name. In other words, you can use your domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it'll use, 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 a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different providers if the same one cannot provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting
If you host a domain in a cloud web hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to set up a new SRV record with a few clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our intuitive interface makes it much easier to create a new record compared with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes and you will be all set. 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 could set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can select how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If you're not required otherwise, you can leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a completely new SRV record for every single domain name hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than a couple of mouse clicks via a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS management tool inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you can create any record you need and as soon as you select SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to enter the record value, the protocol, the service and also the port number and you will be set. In addition, in case the other company requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you will have a great deal of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a particular service. You may also define how long the newly created SRV record will remain live in case you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.