An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to redirect a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a website. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is set up, you could specify an Internet Protocol the domain name will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. In addition, if you have several SRV records for the very same service, you can set various priorities and weights for each one of them, so you're able to distribute the load between several machines. Such a record will permit you to employ the same domain address or subdomains under it with different providers, so you could use it for many purposes even if you can't get all services from one service provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You're going to be able to set up a new SRV record for each of the domain names which you host inside a shared web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia comes with a rather intuitive interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave except if the other company needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you modify it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new SRV record for every domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than a few clicks using a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool within your Hepsia web hosting CP, you could make any record you need and once you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must input the record value, the service, the protocol as well as the port number and you'll be set. Additionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you have a number of possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. You can also specify how long the newly created SRV record will remain live in case you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.