SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a specific service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain with different providers and point it to a number of servers at a time, each server handling a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You can even set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the very same service, but point 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 real software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address added in it are managed by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you log in to your website hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill a couple of boxes with the required data and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If required, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it's going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a brand new SRV record for any domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than a few mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you could make any record you need and once you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must input the service, the protocol, the record value and the port number and you'll be ready. Additionally, if the other service provider requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the default 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. Also, you can define how long the new SRV record will remain live in case you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.