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 couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain address with different providers and forward it to several servers at a time, each and every server handling a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you have a website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address added in it are managed 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 CP and as soon as you sign in to your web hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill several boxes with the needed data and your new SRV record is going to be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use as well as 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. If 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 change or erase it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a completely new SRV record for every single domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will take no more than several mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia hosting CP, you could make any record that you need and when you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to insert the record value, the protocol, the service as well as the port number and you will be ready. Additionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you will have lots of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a particular service. You can also specify how long the new SRV record will remain live in case you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.