SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain address with different companies and forward it to many servers at once, each and every server managing a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on several machines with different providers. 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 Web Hosting

If you host a domain name in a web hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to set up a new SRV record with a few clicks in the DNS Records section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to work with interface makes it more simple to create a new record in comparison with other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you will simply have to fill a few boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you want users to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an added option, you can select how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If you're not asked otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Since we realize how frustrating it may be to handle DNS records, we are going to present you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as part of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so if you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to set up an SRV record without any troubles. We have a step-by-step guide, that will make things that much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will have to input the info that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific directions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but usually the default value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value shows the time the record will continue existing after it is edited or removed.