An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a specific service for a domain. Quite simply, you’re able to use your domain name not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can choose what IP it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The latter option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one cannot provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain included in it are managed by our system, you will be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you sign in to your hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill several boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record will be active within a couple of hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use and also the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. When required, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it will remain active after you change or delete it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Because we acknowledge how irritating it can be to manage DNS records, we're going to offer you an easy-to-use DNS management tool as an element of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to create an SRV record with no troubles. We have a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll need to input the details that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific recommendations to modify the priority and the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value indicates the time the record will continue existing after it is modified or deleted.