SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By creating a number of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to a number of servers simultaneously, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

In case you have a shared website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record will be active within a couple of hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If necessary, you may also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it will remain active after you edit or delete it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record could be created in just seconds for any domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can create records with the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to type the service, port number and protocol details along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be live soon after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You'll be able to adjust each of the two if the other company has required you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record is going to remain live if edited or erased, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.