An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. In other words, you are able to use your domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one cannot provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Web Hosting
If you have a web hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain added in it are handled 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 via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and as soon as you sign in to your web hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill a few boxes with the required info and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If necessary, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it is going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A new SRV record may be created within just seconds for each domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can set up records using the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You will need to input the service, port number and protocol information plus the record value in them and the new record is going to be operational shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You may adjust any of the two if the other provider has required you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record is going to remain working if changed or erased, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.