An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to direct a domain name to a third-party server and use it for a service different from a site. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and many others. When an SRV record is set up, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol the domain will use and the port, which will be used to connect to the remote server. Additionally, provided that you have numerous SRV records for the very same service, you are able to set various priorities and weights for every one of them, allowing you to spread the load between a number of machines. Such a record allows you to use the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could use it for many purposes even if you cannot get all of the services from just one provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

You'll be able to set up a new SRV record for any of the domain addresses that you host in a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a really user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave except if the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active when you modify it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record could be created within seconds for every single domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to create records with the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to input the service, port number and protocol info as well as the record value in them and the new record is going to be live right after that. The priority and weight options can be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You are able to adjust each of the two if the other company has required you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain active if edited or deleted, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.