SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from an Internet site. By setting up a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different providers and direct it to a number of servers simultaneously, every single server handling a separate service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host a domain inside a cloud web hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much simpler to create a new record in comparison with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll only have to fill a few boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you may set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like users to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an added option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we realize how annoying it could be to deal with DNS records, we'll provide you with an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain addresses inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record with no problems. We've got a step-by-step guide, that'll make things even easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to enter the info that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you can leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a matter 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 almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it's changed or deleted.