An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers which run a particular service for a domain. Basically, you are able to use your domain not just for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a website with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can select what IP it will employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established plus the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain address for a variety of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is unable to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You're going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for any of the domain names you host within a shared web hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you are able to manage them with ease in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a highly user-friendly interface and all it will take to create an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave unless of course the other company demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you modify it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server solution from our company, you'll be able to take advantage of our easy to work with DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It's going to offer you a quite simple user interface to create a new record for every single domain hosted in the account, so if you wish to use a domain name for any purpose, you can create a brand new SRV record with only a few clicks. Using basic text boxes, you'll need to enter the service, protocol and port number information, which you should have from the company providing you the service. Furthermore, you are going to be able to pick what priority and weight the record will have if you're going to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 if required. Additionally, you have the option to change the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to any other value - thus setting the time this record will be live in the global DNS system after you erase it or modify it.