An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to direct a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a website. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is created, you can specify an Internet Protocol that the domain name will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. Additionally, if you have numerous SRV records for the same service, you could set individual priorities and weights for each and every one of them, in order to spread the load between many machines. Such a record allows you to use the same domain address or subdomains under it with different companies, so you're able to use it for many purposes even if you are not able to get all the services from a single service provider.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

You're going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for each of the domains which you host in a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them with ease via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record you create will be active. Hepsia features a really user-friendly interface and all it takes to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record is going to 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 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 be active in case you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we acknowledge how irritating it could be to handle DNS records, we'll give you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record without problems. We've got a step-by-step guide, that will make things that much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to type in the info that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to change the priority and the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live in a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but typically the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it's modified or erased.