SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a particular service different from a site. By creating a few SRV records, you will be able to use the domain name with different companies and direct it to several servers at the same time, each server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you host a domain address within a cloud website hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records area of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record compared with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you'll simply need to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be ready. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you may set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can choose how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not asked otherwise, you could leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A brand new SRV record could be created within seconds for any domain address hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you can set up records with the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol info in addition to the record value in them and the new record will be operational shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You'll be able to change each of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record will remain functioning if edited or erased, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.