SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a certain service different from a website. By creating a couple of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain address with different companies and direct it to many servers at a time, every single server managing a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for two records which are used for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia CP, bundled with each and every website hosting we offer, will provide you with an easy means to set up any DNS record you need for a domain or a subdomain inside your account. The intuitive interface is much more simple than what other companies provide and you won’t have to do anything more complicated than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will need to sign in, check out the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that will appear, you have to input the service, protocol and port information. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have at least 2 servers dealing with the same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they may also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value outlines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you change it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new SRV record for each and every domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than just a few mouse clicks via a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you are able to create any record you need and as soon as you pick SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to enter the record value, the service, the protocol and also the port number and you'll be ready. Additionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got quite a lot of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a specific service. Also, you can outline how long the newly created SRV record will remain live if you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.