SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a particular service different from an Internet site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different companies and point it to numerous servers at once, each and every server managing a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records which are used for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Web Hosting
Provided you have a web hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are controlled by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your website hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record will be active in several hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. When required, you can also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it will remain active after you change or erase it. The standard TTL value for most 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
Setting up a brand new SRV record for each and every domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than several mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you could make any record you need and as soon as you pick SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to type in the record value, the service, the protocol and also the port number and you will be set. In addition, if the other company 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 2 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. Also, you can define how long the newly created SRV record will remain live if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.