An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a specific service for a domain name. Quite simply, you are able to use your domain name not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a website with it. If you create the SRV record, you may choose what IP it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The second option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain address many different purposes and even with different providers if the same one cannot provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Web Hosting
You're going to be able to create a completely new SRV record for any one of the domain addresses which you host in a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record which you create is going to be active. Hepsia features a really user-friendly interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave except when the other company needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you change it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a completely new SRV record for any domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will take no more than a couple of clicks using a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS management tool in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you can create any record that you need and once you choose SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to input the record value, the service, the protocol and the port number and you'll be ready. Optionally, if the other service provider requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values in case 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've got lots of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a particular service. You may also define how long the newly created SRV record will remain active in case you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.