An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers which run a specific service for a domain. In other words, you’re able to use your domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one cannot provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You are going to be able to create a new SRV record for any of the domain addresses which you host in a shared web hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them effortlessly via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a rather intuitive interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you can leave except if the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you edit it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As we acknowledge how frustrating it may be to manage DNS records, we'll provide you with an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domains inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to set up an SRV record without issues. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things that much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to type in the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific instructions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you can leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but normally the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value indicates the time the record will keep existing after it's edited or removed.