An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to direct a domain name to a third-party server and use it for some service different from a website. 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 can specify an Internet Protocol which the domain will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. Moreover, provided that you have several SRV records for the very same service, you are able to set different priorities and weights for every single one of them, so you're able to send out the load between a number of machines. Such a record allows you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different providers, so you could use it for many purposes even if you can't get all of the services from a single service provider.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
Provided you have a shared website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are handled by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, 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 visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill several boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record is going to be active within a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you need 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 shows how long it'll remain active after you change or erase it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you will be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A completely new SRV record can be created within seconds for every single domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll 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 could create records with the DNS management tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to enter the service, port number and protocol info as well as the record value in them and the new record is going to be working shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may change any one of the two in case the other company has asked you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record will remain active if edited or erased, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.