An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to outline the servers which run a certain service for a domain. In other words, you will be able to use your Internet domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different providers if the same one cannot provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain added in it are managed by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If required, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you change or erase it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record could be created within seconds for any domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may create records through the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to input the service, port number and protocol info plus the record value in them and the new record is going to be live right after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may change any of the two in case the other provider has requested you to do so. Furthermore, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain functioning if changed or deleted, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.