An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers that run a particular service for a domain name. Quite simply, you are able to use your domain not just for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can choose what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain for a number of purposes and even with different providers if the same one is unable to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are handled by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and as soon as you log in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll only need to fill a couple of boxes with the needed data 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 that you'd like to use and also the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. When required, you can also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it is going to remain active after you edit or erase it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Using a semi-dedicated server package from us, you'll be able to use our easy to navigate DNS management tool, which is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It's going to offer you a very simple user interface to set up a new record for each domain hosted inside the account, so if you would like to use a domain name for any purpose, you can set up a brand new SRV record with a few mouse clicks. Using basic text boxes, you'll have to type in the service, protocol and port number info, which you ought to have from the company offering you the service. Moreover, you're going to be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you are 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. In addition, you are going to have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - in this way setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you delete it or modify it.