SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a certain service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you will be able to use the domain address with different providers and direct it to several servers at a time, each and every server managing a separate service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for two records that are used for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having 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 real software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host a domain inside a cloud website hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with only a few clicks within the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much easier to set up a new record in comparison to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will simply need to fill a couple of boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you may set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you'd like users to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can select how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Since we acknowledge how frustrating it can be to manage DNS records, we're going to offer you an easy-to-use DNS management instrument as a part of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain names within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to set up an SRV record with no problems. We also have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things even easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will have 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 can 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) may also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value indicates the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or erased.