An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. Quite simply, you will be able to use your domain name not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it will use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The second option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Hosting

You will be able to set up a completely new SRV record for any one of the domain addresses which you host inside a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record that you set up is going to be active. Hepsia features a rather user-friendly interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave except when the other company needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Because we realize how frustrating it can be to deal with DNS records, we are going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as a part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to create an SRV record without any problems. We have a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to type in the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific instructions to modify the priority and the weight values, you can leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value indicates the time the record will continue existing after it is modified or erased.