An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to redirect a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from an Internet site. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is set up, you can specify an Internet Protocol the domain address will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. Additionally, provided that you have a few SRV records for the very same service, you'll be able to set various priorities and weights for every one of them, so that you can distribute the load between many machines. Such a record allows you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you can use it for different purposes even if you can't get all of the services from a single service provider.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

If you host a domain in a web hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you'll be able to set up a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our user-friendly interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you can set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you'd like users to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an added option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. If not requested otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record may be created in a matter of seconds for every single domain name hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could set up records via the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You have to type the service, port number and protocol information plus the record value in them and the new record is going to be live right after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may adjust any of the two if the other provider has asked you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record will remain functioning if changed or removed, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.