SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By creating a number of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different providers and point it to a number of servers simultaneously, each server managing a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can even 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. Using an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values you have set.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
Provided you have a shared hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain included in it are controlled by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you log in to your web hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill a few boxes with the required info and your new SRV record will be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number which you want 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 wants. If needed, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you modify or delete it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Because we recognize how frustrating it may be to manage DNS records, we are going to present you with an easy-to-use DNS management instrument as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain names within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to set up an SRV record without issues. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll need to type in the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific instructions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live within a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value indicates the time the record will continue existing after it is modified or deleted.