An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain name. Quite simply, you’ll be able to use your domain not only for a website, 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 site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can choose what IP it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for various purposes and even with different companies in case the same one cannot provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Hosting

If you host a domain address inside a hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our intuitive interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record compared to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll only need to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be ready. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you may set any value between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can select how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not requested otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a completely new SRV record for every single domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than a couple of clicks using a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia hosting CP, you can create any record that you need and as soon as you choose SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll have to enter the record value, the protocol, the service along with the port number and you will be ready. Optionally, in case the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you have lots of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a particular service. Also, you can define how long the newly created SRV record will remain active in case you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.