An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to redirect a domain to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a site. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is created, you could specify an Internet Protocol the domain address will use and the port, that will be used to connect to the remote server. Moreover, in case you have several SRV records for the exact same service, you could set various priorities and weights for each one of them, allowing you to send out the load between several machines. Such a record will allow you to employ the same domain address or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could employ it for various purposes even if you can't get all services from a single service provider.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you host a domain name within a website hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to work with interface makes it more simple to set up a new record in comparison to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will simply need to fill a couple of boxes and you will be all set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you may set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you can pick how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. Unless asked otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record could be created in just seconds for every domain address hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could set up records through the DNS management tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol info along with the record value in them and the new record will be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You'll be able to adjust any one of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain live if changed or erased, may also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.