An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain. In other words, you’ll be able to use your domain name not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The second option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain address for various purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is unable to provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting
In case you have a shared web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain included in it are controlled by our system, you are going to be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill a few boxes with the required data and your new SRV record will be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus 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 requires. When required, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you edit or remove it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Because we recognize how irritating it may be to handle DNS records, we will offer you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as a part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain names within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record without issues. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to enter the info that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific instructions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value displays the time the record will continue existing after it is edited or deleted.