An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers which run a specific service for a domain name. Quite simply, you’ll be able to use your domain not only for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a site with it. If you set up the SRV record, you may choose what IP it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second 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 address for a number of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
You are going to be able to create a completely new SRV record for each of the domain names you host in a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a highly intuitive interface and all it takes to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which 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 remain active when you modify it or delete it at some point, the default one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Because we realize how irritating it can be to deal with DNS records, we will present you with an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as a part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain names within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record without any problems. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things that much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to enter the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live in a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it is changed or erased.