An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to direct a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a website. 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 can specify an Internet Protocol that the domain will use and the port, which is to be used to connect to the remote server. Moreover, provided that you have numerous SRV records for the same service, you'll be able to set various priorities and weights for each one of them, so that you can send out the load between a number of machines. Such a record will permit you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could employ it for different purposes even if you can't get all services from just one provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You will be able to set up a completely new SRV record for each of the domain addresses that you host within a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them without any difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record which you set up is going to be active. Hepsia includes a very intuitive interface and all it will take to create an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave except when the other company demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to stay active when you edit it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As we acknowledge how frustrating it can be to deal with DNS records, we're going to give you an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to set up an SRV record with no issues. We also have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things even easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll need to input the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific directions to change the priority and 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) can also be set to a custom value, but normally the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value shows the time the record will continue existing after it is changed or removed.