An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to direct a domain name to a third-party server and use it for a service different from a web site. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and many others. When an SRV record is set up, you can specify an Internet Protocol that the domain will use and the port, which will be used to connect to the remote server. Additionally, if you have numerous SRV records for the exact same service, you can set various priorities and weights for every one of them, so you're able to send out the load between a number of machines. Such a record will allow you to employ the same domain name or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could employ it for many purposes even if you cannot get all of the services from one provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You will be able to set up a completely new SRV record for each of the domain addresses you host inside a shared web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them without difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record which you create is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a rather user-friendly interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave unless of course the other provider demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to be active in case you edit it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new SRV record can be created within seconds for every domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, employed to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a really easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you'll be able to set up records via the DNS management tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You have to input the service, port number and protocol details along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be active soon after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You'll be able to adjust any of the two in case the other company has asked you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain functioning if changed or removed, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.