An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to point a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, etc. When an SRV record is set up, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol which the domain will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. In addition, if you have many SRV records for the exact same service, you are able to set various priorities and weights for each one of them, allowing you to spread the load between many machines. Such a record will allow you to use the same domain or subdomains under it with different providers, so you could employ it for various purposes even if you are not able to get all the services from just one service provider.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

You will be able to create a new SRV record for any one of the domains which you host inside a shared website hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them effortlessly via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia comes with a highly user-friendly interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave except if the other provider demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you change it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a brand new SRV record for every single domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than several clicks via a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS administration tool in your Hepsia web hosting CP, you are able to create any record that you need and once you pick SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must type in the record value, the service, the protocol along with the port number and you'll be ready. In addition, if the other service provider requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a number of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a given service. You may also define how long the new SRV record will remain active if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.