SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By creating a couple of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain with different companies and direct it to a number of servers simultaneously, every single server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you host a domain inside a shared website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you will be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to work with interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes and you'll 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 could set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you'd like users to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an added option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. Unless asked otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Since we know how aggravating it could be to deal with DNS records, we'll provide you with an easy-to-use DNS management instrument as part of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so when you host your domains inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to set up an SRV record without troubles. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to input the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific recommendations to modify the priority and the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but usually the default value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value displays the time the record will keep existing after it's changed or deleted.