SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a particular service different from a site. By setting up a few SRV records, you can use the domain name with different providers and point it to many servers at once, every single server handling a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for two records which are used for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia CP, bundled with each and every cloud website hosting that we offer, provides you with an easy means to create any DNS record you require for a domain address or a subdomain inside your account. The intuitive interface is simpler compared to what other companies provide and you won’t have to do anything more difficult than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. Within the small pop-up which will appear, you have to type in the service, protocol and port information. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that would make a difference if you have at least a couple of servers dealing with the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain operational after you modify it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record could be created in just seconds for every domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can create records with the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol details in addition to the record value in them and the new record will be active soon after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You can adjust any of the two in case the other company has required you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain functioning if edited or erased, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.