An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers which run a particular service for a domain. Put simply, you can use your domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it's going to use, 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 very same service. The second option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you have a cloud web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you sign in to your web hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a couple of boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record is going to be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use and also the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If required, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you edit or erase it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you will be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a brand new SRV record for each and every domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and is going to take no more than a few clicks through a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS management tool in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you are able to create any record you need and as soon as you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to enter the service, the protocol, the record value as well as the port number and you will be ready. Optionally, if the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you have quite a lot of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a specific service. You can also outline how long the new SRV record will remain live in case you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.