An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to identify the servers which run a specific service for a domain name. In other words, you can use your 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, for instance, while you still have a website with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain name for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one is not able to provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Hosting
If you host a domain name within a hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you will be able to set up a new SRV record with a few clicks in the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you would like clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you could leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A new SRV record could be created in just seconds for each domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may set up records through the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to type the service, port number and protocol details along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be active soon after that. The priority and weight options can be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You are able to change each of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain active if edited or erased, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.