SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By creating a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain address with different companies and forward it to several servers at the same time, each and every server handling a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

Provided you have a shared hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are handled by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you log in to your web hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill several boxes with the required information and your new SRV record will be active within several hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If necessary, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it'll remain active after you edit or delete it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new SRV record can be created in just seconds for every single domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you'll be able to set up records with the DNS management tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to input the service, port number and protocol details plus the record value in them and the new record will be live shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You'll be able to change any of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record will remain working if changed or erased, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.