An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. Put simply, you will be able to use your domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The latter option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one is not able to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You're going to be able to create a new SRV record for any of the domain addresses you host inside a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them with ease via the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record you create is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a really intuitive interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in just 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 standard values, that you can leave except when the other provider needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to be active when you change it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record can be created within just seconds for any domain name hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can create records using the DNS management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol details along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be working right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You'll be able to adjust any one of the two in case the other provider has requested you to do so. Furthermore, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record will remain live if edited or deleted, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.