SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different providers and direct it to many servers at a time, each and every server managing a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
In case you have a shared hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain added in it are controlled by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you log in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the needed data and your new SRV record is going to be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you may also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it'll remain active after you edit or erase it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you will be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Since we acknowledge how irritating it may be to deal with DNS records, we'll give you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain names within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to create an SRV record without difficulties. We also have a step-by-step guide, which will make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to enter the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific instructions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but usually the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value indicates the time the record will continue existing after it is changed or removed.