SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from an Internet site. By creating a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to a number of servers at a time, every single server managing a separate service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
If you host a domain name inside a cloud 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 just a few clicks in the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll only need to fill a couple of boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you could set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you want customers to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an added option, you can select how long this record will be active after you edit 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 Servers
Because we understand how irritating it could be to deal with DNS records, we're going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as a part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain addresses in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record without any problems. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to enter the info that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific recommendations to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may 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 typically the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or removed.