SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a certain service different from an Internet site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different companies and forward it to numerous servers at once, each and every server handling a separate service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With 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 various 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 Shared Hosting

The Hepsia CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared hosting that we offer, will provide you with an easy means to create any DNS record you require for a domain address or a subdomain in your account. The easy-to-use interface is simpler than what other companies provide and you'll not have to do anything more than to fill a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you've got to sign in, go to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. In the small pop-up that'll appear, you have to type in the service, protocol and port info. You could also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will matter if you have at least a couple of servers dealing with the exact same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value specifies how long the newly created record will remain functional after you edit it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record can be created within just seconds for any domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a really easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can create records with the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You have to input the service, port number and protocol details in addition to the record value in them and the new record is going to be live shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You could adjust each of the two in case the other company has asked you to do so. Furthermore, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record will remain active if edited or erased, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.