SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By creating a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain address with different companies and direct it to a number of servers at a time, every single server handling a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are controlled by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you sign in to your website hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will simply have to fill a couple of boxes with the needed data and your new SRV record will be active in several hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If necessary, you may also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it's going to remain active after you modify or remove it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a brand new SRV record for every single domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will take no more than just a few mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Using the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you could make any record that you need and as soon as you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must insert the record value, the protocol, the service along with the port number and you'll be all set. Furthermore, if the other service provider requires it, you'll also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you have lots of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a particular service. You can also determine how long the new SRV record will remain live in case you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.