SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain for a certain 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 several servers simultaneously, each server handling a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You'll be able to set up a completely new SRV record for each of the domain names that you host in a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them with ease through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record you create is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a highly user-friendly interface and all it takes to create an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave except if the other provider needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

By using a semi-dedicated server package from us, you will be able to employ our easy to navigate DNS management tool, which is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It's going to provide you with a very simple user interface to create a new record for each and every domain address hosted inside the account, so if you need to use a domain address for any purpose, you could create a brand new SRV record with only a couple of clicks. Via basic text boxes, you will have to input the service, protocol and port number information, which you ought to have from the company offering you the service. Additionally, you will be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The default value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 if needed. Furthermore, you will have the option to adjust the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - in this way setting the time this record will be active in the global DNS system after you delete it or modify it.