An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a certain service for a domain name. In other words, you are able to use your Internet domain not only for an Internet site, 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 site with it. When you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it will use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

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 controlled by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you log in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record is going to be active within a few hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If required, you may also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you edit or delete it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a brand new SRV record for any domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will require no more than a few mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS administration tool in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you are able to create any record that you need and as soon as you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll have to insert the service, the protocol, the record value and also the port number and you will be ready. Additionally, if the other service provider requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you have a number of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a specific service. You could also outline how long the newly created SRV record will remain active if you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.