SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different providers and forward it to many servers at a time, each server managing a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared hosting package that we offer, gives you an easy means to set up any DNS record you require for a domain or a subdomain in your account. The intuitive interface is a lot simpler than what other companies provide and you will not have to do anything more complicated than to fill a couple of boxes. For a new SRV record, you have to log in, visit the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. Within the small pop-up which will show up, you have to input the service, protocol and port information. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have at least 2 servers handling the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they may also ask you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you modify it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a brand new SRV record for every domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and is going to take no more than several mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool in your Hepsia website hosting CP, you can create any record you need and once you pick SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to enter the service, the protocol, the record value along with the port number and you will be set. Additionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values when 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've got a great deal of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a specific service. You may also specify how long the newly created SRV record will remain live if you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.