An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain. Basically, you can use your domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can select what IP it'll use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain address for a variety of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one cannot provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
If you host a domain inside a website hosting account from our company and we control 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 part of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much easier to set up a new record in comparison to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be 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 could set any value between 1 and 100 depending on which server you'd like clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you may choose how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If not asked otherwise, you may leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A new SRV record may be created in a matter of seconds for every single domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very 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 can set up records via the DNS management tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol info as well as the record value in them and the new record will be active right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You'll be able to change each of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain active if edited or erased, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.