SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain name with different providers and point it to several servers at once, every single server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having 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 a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia CP, bundled with each and every Linux shared website hosting package that we offer, provides you with an easy means to create any DNS record that you need for a domain or a subdomain within your account. The user-friendly interface is simpler in comparison with what other companies offer and you won’t have to do anything more complicated than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to sign in, check out the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. Inside the small pop-up which will appear, you have to enter the service, protocol and port info. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will make a difference if you have at least a couple of servers handling the same service. If you use a machine from a different company, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value specifies how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you modify it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new SRV record for each and every domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than several mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS management tool within your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you are able to create any record you need and when you choose SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to insert the record value, the service, the protocol as well as the port number and you will be set. 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 those two options is from 1 to 100, so you've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. Also, you can define how long the newly created SRV record will remain live in case you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.