SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain for a certain service different from a site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to several servers simultaneously, each and every server handling a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

If you host a domain in a web hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you will be able to set up a new SRV record with just a few mouse clicks in the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison with other web hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes and you'll be ready. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like customers to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an added option, you can choose how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. Unless asked otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Because we realize how aggravating it could be to deal with DNS records, we are going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS management instrument as an element of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so if you host your domains within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to create an SRV record with no complications. We've got a step-by-step guide, that will make things even easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to type in the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to modify the priority and the weight values, you can leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but typically the default value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value displays the time the record will continue existing after it's edited or deleted.