An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to direct a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a site. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, etc. When an SRV record is set up, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol which the domain will use and the port, which will be used to connect to the remote server. Additionally, if you have numerous SRV records for the same service, you could set different priorities and weights for every single one of them, in order to spread the load between several machines. Such a record will enable you to use the same domain name or subdomains under it with different companies, so you're able to use it for different purposes even if you are unable to get all the services from just one service provider.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a new SRV record for any of the domain names you host within a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you can manage them without difficulty via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record which you set up is going to be active. Hepsia features a rather user-friendly interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave unless the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to remain active if you change it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record could be created within just seconds for each domain name hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, features a really easy-to-use interface, so you will 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 could create records using the DNS management tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to type the service, port number and protocol details in addition to the record value in them and the new record is going to be operational right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You can change each of the two if the other provider has asked you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record will remain functioning if changed or erased, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.