An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to point a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a website. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is set up, you could specify an Internet Protocol the domain address will use and the port, that will be used to connect to the remote server. Furthermore, if you have a few SRV records for the very same service, you'll be able to set different priorities and weights for each one of them, so you can send out the load between several machines. Such a record will permit you to use the same domain name or subdomains under it with different providers, so you could employ it for many purposes even if you cannot get all services from a single service provider.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you host a domain within a shared website hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to work with interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will simply have to fill a few boxes and you will be all set. 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 two you could set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you'd like clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you can choose how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. If not asked otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a completely new SRV record for every single domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will require no more than a couple of mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you can create any record that you need and once you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to input the record value, the protocol, the service along with the port number and you will be all set. Optionally, if the other company requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you have a lot of possibilities if you use many servers for a specific service. You may also determine how long the new SRV record will remain active if you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.