An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers that run a certain service for a domain. Put simply, you’re able to use your domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it'll 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 assuming that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You will be able to set up a new SRV record for any of the domain addresses that you host within a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them with ease in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia features a very intuitive interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you can leave unless of course the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you change it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.