SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain name for a particular service different from a site. By creating a few SRV records, you can use the domain address with different providers and direct it to many servers at a time, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single 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 very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

If you host a domain address within a shared hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with just a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it more simple to create a new record compared to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes and you'll be set. 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 based upon which server you would like users to access first or what instructions 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, that is measured in seconds. Unless requested otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Through a semi-dedicated server package from us, you'll be able to employ our user-friendly DNS management tool, which is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia hosting CP. It will offer you a quite simple interface to set up a new record for every single domain hosted within the account, so if you want to use a domain name for any purpose, you can set up a brand new SRV record with a few mouse clicks. Via basic text boxes, you'll need to input the service, protocol and port number details, which you ought to have from the company providing you with the service. Also, you will be able to pick what priority and weight the record will have if you are planning to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The default value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 if necessary. Furthermore, you'll have the option to adjust the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to a various different value - in this way setting the time this record will be active in the global DNS system after you erase it or edit it.