SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different providers and point it to several servers at the same time, every single server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Hosting

If you host a domain address in a 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 in the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our intuitive interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison to other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll only have to fill a few boxes and you'll be ready. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you may set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you are going to be able to employ our intuitive DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It's going to provide you with a simple interface to create a new record for every single domain address hosted inside the account, so if you would like to use a domain name for any purpose, you could create a new SRV record with only a couple of mouse clicks. Through simple text boxes, you will need to input the service, protocol and port number information, which you should have from the company providing you the service. In addition, you are going to be able to pick what priority and weight the record will have if you are going to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 if necessary. Furthermore, you are going to have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to a various different value - this way setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you remove it or modify it.