An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers that run a certain service for a domain. Quite simply, you are able to use your domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. If you set up the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular 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 permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain many different purposes and even with different providers if the same one is not able to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

In case you have a web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill a couple of boxes with the required data and your new SRV record is going to be active in a couple of hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If required, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it's going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record may be created in a matter of seconds for every single domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you'll be able to set up records using the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to enter the service, port number and protocol info plus the record value in them and the new record is going to be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You'll be able to adjust any of the two in case the other provider has required you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain active if changed or erased, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.