SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from an Internet site. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different companies and direct it to several servers at once, each server handling a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You can even set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the exact same service, but direct 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 instance, and have the specific software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

In case you have a shared hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are handled by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill several boxes with the needed information and your new SRV record is going to be active within a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it's going to remain active after you change or erase it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new SRV record for every single domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will require no more than just a few mouse clicks via a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia website hosting CP, you can create any record you need and once you select SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll have to insert the service, the protocol, the record value and also the port number and you'll be ready. Furthermore, if the other company requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you have lots of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a given service. Also, you can outline how long the new SRV record will remain active if you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.