An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to define the servers which run a particular service for a domain. Quite simply, you will be able to use your domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a site with it. If you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
You'll be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any one of the domains that you host within a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record that you create will be active. Hepsia includes a really intuitive interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave except if the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to stay active when you change it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As we recognize how frustrating it can be to handle 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 domains in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to create an SRV record without complications. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to input the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific directions to modify the priority and the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live in a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it is changed or removed.