SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different providers and forward it to many servers at a time, each and every server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for two records that are used for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia CP, bundled with each and every Linux shared hosting service we offer, provides you with an easy means to create any DNS record you require for a domain name or a subdomain inside your account. The user-friendly interface is much more simple in comparison with what other companies provide and you will not have to do anything more complex than to fill a couple of boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. Inside the small pop-up that will show up, you have to type in the service, protocol and port information. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that would matter if you have no less than a couple of servers handling the same service. If you use a machine from a different provider, they may also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value specifies how long the newly created record will remain functional after you edit it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new SRV record could be created in just seconds for every single domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a really easy-to-use interface, so you will 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 an element of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to enter the service, port number and protocol information as well as the record value in them and the new record is going to be active soon after that. The priority and weight options can 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 asked you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain working if edited or erased, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.