An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed 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 an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you host a domain inside a shared website hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records area of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared to other hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you'll only have to fill a few boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you may set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you want customers to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can pick how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not requested otherwise, you could leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As we acknowledge how frustrating it can be to handle DNS records, we're going to offer you an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to create an SRV record without difficulties. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to input the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific instructions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you can leave these two options as they are and your new record will go live in a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but typically the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value shows the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or deleted.