An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. Basically, you’ll be able to use your Internet domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can choose what IP it'll use, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain address many different purposes and even with different companies in case the same one cannot provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are controlled by our system, you'll be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you log in to your web hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes with the required data and your new SRV record is going to be active within a couple of hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use plus 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 requires. If necessary, you can also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it'll remain active after you change or remove it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we understand how frustrating it may be to deal with DNS records, we'll give you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as a part of our custom Hepsia CP, so if you host your domains inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to set up an SRV record without difficulties. We also have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to type in the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to change the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a matter 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 almost all records. This value indicates the time the record will keep existing after it's changed or erased.