An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain. Basically, you can use your Internet domain not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it'll employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain many different purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
Provided you have a shared hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are handled by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you sign in to your web hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill several boxes with the required information and your new SRV record is going to be active within a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you edit or remove it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Through a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you'll be able to employ the user-friendly DNS administration tool, that is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia web hosting CP. It will give you a rather simple user interface to create a new record for every single domain name hosted in the account, so if you want to use a domain address for any purpose, you can set up a brand new SRV record with a few clicks. Using basic text boxes, you'll have to type in the service, protocol and port number information, which you should have from the company providing you the service. Moreover, you will 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 very same service. The default value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 if necessary. Additionally, you will have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - in this way setting the time this record is going to be active in the global DNS system after you delete it or change it.