An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers that run a certain service for a domain name. In other words, you will be able to use your domain name not just for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a website with it. When you create the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the specific 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 allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different companies if the same one cannot provide all services that you need.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
You'll be able to set up a brand new SRV record for each of the domain names which you host within a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them with ease in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia includes a highly user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol plus 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 illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active if you change it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a brand new SRV record for every domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will require no more than a couple of mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS management tool inside your Hepsia web hosting CP, you can create any record that you need and once you choose SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll have to input the record value, the service, the protocol and the port number and you'll be ready. Furthermore, in case the other company requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you will have a number of possibilities if you use many servers for a given service. You may also determine how long the new SRV record will remain active in case you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.