SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a particular service different from an Internet site. By creating a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain with different companies and point it to many servers at the same time, each and every server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You can even set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

Provided you have a cloud hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If needed, you may also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it'll remain active after you edit or erase it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record can be created within just seconds for every domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can set up records through the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You will need to input the service, port number and protocol information along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be live soon after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You are able to change any one of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record is going to remain live if changed or deleted, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.