An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to redirect a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a website. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is created, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol that the domain address will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. Also, if you have many SRV records for the exact same service, you are able to set various priorities and weights for every one of them, so you can spread the load between several machines. Such a record will allow you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different providers, so you could use it for different purposes even if you can't get all services from a single service provider.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
You will be able to set up a brand new SRV record for each of the domain names you host inside a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them without difficulty via the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia features a highly user-friendly interface and all it will require to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will 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 can leave unless of course the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you edit it or delete it at some point, the default one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new SRV record for every single domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will require no more than a couple of mouse clicks using a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you could make any record that you need and when you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will have to type in the record value, the service, the protocol along with the port number and you'll be ready. Furthermore, in case the other company 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 these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a lot of possibilities if you use a lot of servers for a particular 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.