SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain name with different companies and forward it to several servers simultaneously, each and every server managing a separate service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for two records which are used for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you host a domain name inside a shared website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our user-friendly interface makes it more simple to create a new record compared to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you will only have to fill a few boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value between 1 and 100 depending on which server you'd like customers to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. If you're not requested otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server solution from us, you will be able to use our easy to navigate DNS administration tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It's going to provide you with a quite simple user interface to set up a new record for each domain hosted within the account, so if you want to use a domain address for any purpose, you could create a new SRV record with a few clicks. Via simple text boxes, you will need to type in the service, protocol and port number information, which you must have from the company providing you with the service. Moreover, you are going to be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you're going to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The default value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 when necessary. Additionally, you are going to have the option to change the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to any other value - this way setting the time this record will be active in the global DNS system after you delete it or modify it.