SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you can use the domain address with different companies and forward it to a number of servers at a time, each and every server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, included with each and every Linux web hosting we offer, provides you with an easy means to set up any DNS record you require for a domain name or a subdomain in your account. The easy-to-use interface is simpler in comparison with what other companies provide and you won’t have to do anything more complicated than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to sign in, navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that will show up, you have to type in the service, protocol and port info. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that would matter if you have at least 2 servers managing the same service. If you are using a machine from a different provider, they may also require you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record will remain operational after you change it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record can be created within seconds for any domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may set up records using the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to input the service, port number and protocol info plus the record value in them and the new record is going to be working soon after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every 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 asked you to do so. Furthermore, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record is going to remain working if changed or removed, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.