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 an Internet site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different providers and direct it to a number of servers simultaneously, each server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for two records that are used for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are controlled by our system, you will be able to set up any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you sign in to your hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a few boxes with the required info and your new SRV record will be active in several hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If necessary, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it's going to remain active after you edit or delete it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A completely new SRV record can be created in a matter of seconds for each domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to create records via the DNS management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to type the service, port number and protocol info as well as the record value in them and the new record is going to be working soon after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You may change any one of the two if the other provider has required you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record will remain functioning if edited or erased, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.