SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a specific service different from a site. By creating a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to numerous servers at once, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using 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 real software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
In case you have a website hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you log in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If necessary, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it's going to remain active after you edit or remove it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Since we recognize how annoying it could be to handle DNS records, we're going to give you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain addresses in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to create an SRV record with no complications. We have a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to input the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live in a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but usually the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value indicates the time the record will keep existing after it's edited or erased.