An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. In other words, you will be able to use your domain name not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. If you create the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain name for a number of purposes and even with different companies if the same one is unable to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

You're going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for each of the domain names you host inside a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them without any difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record that you set up is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a really user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave except when the other provider needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to be active if you change it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Using a semi-dedicated server solution from us, you are going to be able to benefit from our easy to work with DNS administration tool, that is a part of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting CP. It is going to give you a rather simple user interface to create a new record for any domain address hosted inside the account, so if you need to use a domain address for any purpose, you could create a completely new SRV record with only a couple of clicks. Via simple text boxes, you will have to input the service, protocol and port number details, which you should have from the company offering you the service. Additionally, you will be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 if required. Moreover, you are going to have the option to adjust the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to any other value - this way setting the time this record is going to be active in the global DNS system after you erase it or change it.