SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a specific service different from an Internet site. By setting up a few SRV records, you can use the domain with different providers and forward it to a number of servers at the same time, each server managing a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are used for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You will be able to set up a completely new SRV record for each of the domains which you host within a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you are able to manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia includes a rather intuitive interface and all it takes to create an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave except when the other provider demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you modify it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Using a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you are going to be able to employ our easy to work with DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It'll give you a quite simple interface to set up a new record for each domain name hosted inside the account, so if you would like to use a domain address for any purpose, you could create a brand new SRV record with just a few mouse clicks. Using basic text boxes, you'll need to input the service, protocol and port number information, which you should have from the company providing you the service. Also, you will be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you're going to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The default value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 if needed. Furthermore, you will have the option to adjust the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to a various different value - thus setting the time this record is going to be active in the global DNS system after you delete it or edit it.