An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain name. Put simply, you’ll be able to use your domain name not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you may choose what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one is unable to provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
You are going to be able to create a completely new SRV record for any one of the domains which you host inside a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them with ease in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record that you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a rather user-friendly interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in just a few 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 default values, which you could leave unless the other company requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to be active in case you modify it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a completely new SRV record for every domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will require no more than just a few clicks via a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you can create any record that you need and when you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must input the record value, the protocol, the service and also the port number and you will be set. Additionally, if the other company requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a great deal of possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. Also, you can define how long the newly created 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.