SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain for a specific service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain name with different providers and forward it to several servers simultaneously, every single server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia CP, which comes with each and every shared web hosting service we offer, will provide you with an easy means to set up any DNS record you need for a domain name or a subdomain inside your account. The easy-to-use interface is a lot simpler in comparison with what other companies provide and you won’t have to do anything more complicated than to fill a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, go to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. In the small pop-up which will appear, you have to type in the service, protocol and port information. You could also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that would matter if you have at least 2 servers handling the very same service. If you use a machine from a different company, they may also ask you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value outlines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you edit it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A completely new SRV record may be created within just seconds for every single domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to create records with the DNS management tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to type the service, port number and protocol information as well as the record value in them and the new record will be live right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You are able to change each of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain active if changed or removed, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.