SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain for a specific 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 managing a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

In case you have a shared web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill several boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record is going to be active in a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use and also 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. When required, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it is going to remain active after you edit or delete it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Because we know how annoying it can be to manage DNS records, we are going to offer you an easy-to-use DNS management tool as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to create an SRV record with no issues. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things even easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to type in the details that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific instructions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it's modified or deleted.