An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. Basically, you are able to 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. If you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it's going to use, 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 assuming that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain for a number of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
You are going to be able to set up a new SRV record for any of the domain names which you host within a shared website 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 minutes later any new record that you set up is going to be active. Hepsia includes a very intuitive interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave unless of course the other provider needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a completely new SRV record for every single domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than just a few clicks through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia website hosting CP, you can create any record that you need and once you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to input the service, the protocol, the record value and the port number and you will be all set. Furthermore, if the other company requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you will have quite a lot of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a specific service. You can also outline how long the new SRV record will remain live if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.