SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain address with different providers and forward it to many servers at a time, each and every server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for 2 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 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 is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

In case you have a cloud web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain 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 with the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and as soon as you log in to your hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a few boxes with the necessary 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 would like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. When required, you can also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it's going to remain active after you edit or delete it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record can be created in a matter of seconds for every domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could set up records with the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to type the service, port number and protocol info plus the record value in them and the new record is going to be working shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You could adjust any one of the two in case the other company has required you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain functioning if edited or erased, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.