SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain for a certain service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain address with different providers and direct it to many servers at a time, each and every server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, provided with each and every Linux cloud website hosting we offer, gives you an easy means to set up any DNS record that you need for a domain or a subdomain inside your account. The intuitive interface is a lot simpler than what other companies offer and you'll not have to do anything more complicated than to fill a couple of boxes. For a new SRV record, you've got to log in, go to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. In the small pop-up which will appear, you have to type in the service, protocol and port details. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will make a difference if you have no less than two servers managing the exact same service. If you work with 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 change it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new SRV record for every domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and is going to take no more than just a few mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you could make any record you need and when you pick SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to insert the record value, the service, the protocol along with the port number and you will be set. Optionally, if the other company requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a number of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a given service. Also, you can specify how long the new SRV record will remain active if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.