An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers that run a certain service for a domain name. In other words, you’re able to use your domain not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. When you set up the SRV record, you may choose what IP it is going to use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for various purposes and even with different companies if the same one is unable to provide all services that you need.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
Provided you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are controlled by our system, you'll be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the required information and your new SRV record will be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If needed, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it's going to remain active after you change or remove it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you will be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a brand new SRV record for any domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will require no more than several clicks through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you can create any record you need and once you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to input the service, the protocol, the record value along with the port number and you'll be set. Furthermore, in case the other service provider requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a given service. You can also define how long the new SRV record will remain live if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.