SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a certain service different from a website. By creating a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to several servers at once, each and every server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the exact 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 a number of machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, included with each and every Linux shared hosting that we offer, will provide you with an easy means to create any DNS record you require for a domain name or a subdomain in your account. The user-friendly interface is a lot simpler than what other companies provide and you will not have to do anything more difficult than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will need to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. Inside the small pop-up which will show up, you have to input the service, protocol and port details. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that would matter if you have at least two servers managing the same service. If you use 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 operational after you edit it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A completely new SRV record could be created in just seconds for each domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a really easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could create records using the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol details along with the record value in them and the new record is going to be active shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You could change any of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain active if edited or erased, could also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.