An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a certain service for a domain name. Quite simply, you’re able to use your domain not just for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you may choose what IP it will use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different providers if the same one is not able to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any of the domains you host in a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them effortlessly through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record that you set up is going to be active. Hepsia includes a very user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave except if the other provider demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.