An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to forward a domain 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 set up, you can specify an Internet Protocol that the domain name will use and the port, which is to be used to connect to the remote server. Additionally, provided that you have several SRV records for the very same service, you'll be able to set individual priorities and weights for every one of them, so you can distribute the load between a number of machines. Such a record will permit you to use the same domain or subdomains under it with different providers, so you can employ it for different purposes even if you cannot get all services from one provider.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you have a website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are managed by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a couple of boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record will be active in a couple of hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use and also the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If necessary, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you edit or delete it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new SRV record could be created in a matter of seconds for any domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may create records via the DNS management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to type the service, port number and protocol information along with the record value in them and the new record will be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You are able to change each of the two in case the other provider has requested you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain live if edited or erased, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.