SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a certain service different from a website. By creating a couple of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain with different companies and direct it to a number of servers at the same time, each server managing a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Hosting

Provided you have a hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain included in it are controlled by our system, you will be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes with the necessary information and your new SRV record is going to be active within a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If required, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it will remain active after you modify or remove it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a completely new SRV record for each and every domain name hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will take no more than a couple of mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS management tool within your Hepsia website hosting CP, you can create any record that you need and as soon as you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must input the record value, the service, the protocol as well as the port number and you will be set. In addition, if the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you will have lots of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a specific service. Also, you can 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.