An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to direct a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is set up, you can specify an Internet Protocol that the domain will use and the port, which is to be used to connect to the remote server. Also, in case you have several SRV records for the very same service, you can set individual priorities and weights for each and every one of them, allowing you to send out the load between a number of machines. Such a record will permit you to use the same domain address or subdomains under it with different providers, so you're able to employ it for various purposes even if you can't get all of the services from one provider.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

If you host a domain name in a shared hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our intuitive interface makes it much simpler to create a new record compared to other hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll only have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be ready. 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 depending on which server you want clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an added option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. Unless asked otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record may be created in a matter of seconds for any domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you'll 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 create records through the DNS management tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You need to enter the service, port number and protocol info plus the record value in them and the new record will be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options can be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You could adjust any of the two if the other provider has asked you to do so. Furthermore, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain functioning if changed or removed, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.