SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain for a particular service different from a website. By creating a few SRV records, you will be able to use the domain address with different companies and forward it to a number of servers simultaneously, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain included in it are controlled 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 via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will simply have to fill several boxes with the needed data and your new SRV record will be active within several hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you change or delete it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new SRV record for any domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and is going to take no more than a couple of mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you can create any record that you need and once you choose SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to insert the record value, the protocol, the service as well as the port number and you'll be ready. Furthermore, in case the other company requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you have a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a given service. You could also outline 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.