An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to redirect a domain name to a third-party server and use it for a service different from an Internet site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is created, you could specify an Internet Protocol that the domain address will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. In addition, if you have numerous SRV records for the very same service, you are able to set individual priorities and weights for each one of them, so you're able to send out the load between a number of machines. Such a record will permit you to use the same domain name or subdomains under it with different providers, so you're able to employ it for many purposes even if you can't get all services from a single provider.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you host a domain within a website hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to set up a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to work with interface makes it much easier to set up a new record in comparison to other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you will simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. Unless requested otherwise, you can leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a brand new SRV record for every single domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will require no more than a couple of mouse clicks via a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool within your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you are able to create any record you need and once you choose SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to type in the record value, the service, the protocol and also the port number and you will be all set. Optionally, if the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you have numerous possibilities if you use many servers for a given service. You can also determine how long the new SRV record will remain live 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.