An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers that run a particular service for a domain. Basically, you’re able to use your Internet domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a website with it. If you set up the SRV record, you may choose what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established plus the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one can't provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
You're going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any of the domains you host in a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you can manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record that you set up will be active. Hepsia features a rather intuitive interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will 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 except if the other provider requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to be active when you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Using a semi-dedicated server package from us, you are going to be able to benefit from the easy to work with DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It will give you a rather simple user interface to create a new record for each domain name hosted in the account, so if you wish to use a domain for any purpose, you can set up a brand new SRV record with just a couple of clicks. Through basic text boxes, you will have to enter the service, protocol and port number info, which you should have from the company providing you with the service. Also, you are going to be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you are planning to use a couple or more machines for the very same service. The default value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 if necessary. Moreover, you have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to a various different value - this way setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you erase it or edit it.