An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to define the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. In other words, you can use your domain name not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. If you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain address for a variety of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia CP, included with each and every Linux cloud package we offer, gives you an easy means to create any DNS record that you need for a domain or a subdomain within your account. The easy-to-use interface is much more simple than what other companies provide and you'll not have to do anything more complex than to fill a couple of boxes. For a new SRV record, you've got to sign in, go to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Inside the small pop-up that'll appear, you have to type in the service, protocol and port information. You could also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have at least two servers dealing with the very same service. If you work with a machine from a different company, they could also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you change it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A new SRV record can be created within seconds for each domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could create records with the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to enter the service, port number and protocol information along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be working right after that. The priority and weight options can be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You may adjust any one of the two in case the other company has requested you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain live if changed or deleted, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.