An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain. In other words, you are able to use your domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. If you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different companies if the same one is unable to provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Hosting
You're going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for any one of the domain addresses which you host within a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record which you set up is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a really user-friendly interface and all it takes to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave except if the other company requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you edit it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Because we realize how frustrating it can be to deal with DNS records, we're going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to set up an SRV record with no difficulties. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things that much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll have to enter the info that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but usually the default value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value shows the time the record will keep existing after it's modified or removed.