An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to identify the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. In other words, you are able to use your domain name not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can select what IP it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain name for a number of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is unable to provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting
You will be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any one of the domain names you host in a shared website hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a rather user-friendly interface and all it will require to set up 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 also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave unless the other provider needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you edit it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As we acknowledge how irritating it can be to handle DNS records, we're going to present you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as an element of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain addresses inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to set up an SRV record without troubles. We also have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll need to input the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific directions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your new record will go live in a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value shows the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or erased.