SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain name with different providers and forward it to a number of servers at a time, every single server managing a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every single 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. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain included in it are managed by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you sign in to your web hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record will be active in a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number 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 requires. If required, you may also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it is going to remain active after you modify or remove it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Since we know how irritating it may be to deal with DNS records, we are going to give you an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as an element of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so if you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record without troubles. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things that much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll have 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 could leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but normally the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value displays the time the record will keep existing after it's modified or deleted.