SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a certain service different from an Internet site. By creating a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain with different providers and point it to several servers simultaneously, every single server managing a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
If you host a domain in a shared hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you will be able to set up a new SRV record with just a few clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our intuitive interface makes it more simple to set up a new record compared with other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you will simply need to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be set. 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 based on which server you would like customers to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If you're not requested otherwise, you can leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With a semi-dedicated server solution from our company, you are going to be able to use the user-friendly DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It's going to give you a very simple user interface to create a new record for each and every domain name hosted inside the account, so if you wish to use a domain for any purpose, you could create a new SRV record with a couple of clicks. Through very simple text boxes, you'll have to type in the service, protocol and port number info, which you ought to have from the company offering you the service. Moreover, you're going to be able to pick what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the very same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 if required. In addition, you have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to a various different value - thus setting the time this record will be live in the global DNS system after you remove it or modify it.