An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. Quite simply, you’ll be able to use your Internet domain not only for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. When you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The second option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain for various purposes and even with different providers if the same one cannot provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are handled by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you sign in to your web hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record will be active within several hours. You can enter 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 need to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If needed, you may also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it is going to remain active after you change or remove it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are 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 in just seconds for each domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to set up any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you'll be able to set up records with the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to enter the service, port number and protocol information in addition to the record value in them and the new record will be live right after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You are able to adjust each of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain live if edited or deleted, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.