SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain for a specific service different from a site. By creating a number of SRV records, you can use the domain with different companies and forward it to numerous servers at the same time, each and every server handling a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, 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 you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia CP, provided with each and every Linux cloud web hosting service that we offer, gives you an easy means to create any DNS record that you need for a domain address or a subdomain inside your account. The user-friendly interface is much more simple in comparison with what other companies offer and you won’t have to do anything more than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, visit the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. In the small pop-up that'll appear, you have to enter the service, protocol and port info. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will matter if you have at least 2 servers handling the same service. If you use a machine from a different company, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record will remain functional after you change it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As we understand how annoying it can be to handle DNS records, we are going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so when you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're going to be able to create an SRV record without difficulties. We have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things that much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to input the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but typically the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value indicates the time the record will keep existing after it is changed or deleted.