SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a particular service different from an Internet site. By creating a few SRV records, you can use the domain with different companies and forward it to several servers at the same time, each and every server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are controlled by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and as soon as you log in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the required information and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it will remain active after you edit or delete it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
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 take no more than just a few mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia website hosting CP, you are able to create any record you need and when you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to type in the record value, the protocol, the service and also the port number and you'll be set. Optionally, if 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 standard value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you will have quite a lot of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a particular service. You may also specify how long the newly created SRV record will remain active if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.