SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain name with different companies and direct it to numerous servers simultaneously, every single server managing a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for two records which are used for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, included with each and every Linux shared web hosting that we offer, gives you an easy means to set up any DNS record you require for a domain address or a subdomain in your account. The intuitive interface is much more simple than what other companies offer and you'll 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 click on the "New" button. In the small pop-up which will appear, you have to enter the service, protocol and port information. You could also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have at least two servers managing the exact same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they might 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 modify it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we realize how frustrating it could be to deal with DNS records, we will offer you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so if you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're going to be able to create an SRV record without any complications. We've got a step-by-step guide, that'll make things that much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to enter the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific instructions to change the priority and the weight values, you can leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value indicates the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or deleted.