SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain name for a certain service different from a website. By creating a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain address with different providers and forward it to numerous servers simultaneously, each and every server handling a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will never be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different providers. 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 Hosting

If you host a domain address inside a cloud hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with just a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much easier to set up a new record in comparison to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes and you'll be ready. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you could set any value between 1 and 100 depending on which server you'd like customers to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an additional option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If not asked otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Because we realize how annoying it could be to handle DNS records, we are going to present you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as an element of our custom Hepsia CP, so if you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record with no issues. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things even easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to enter the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave these 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 normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it is changed or erased.