SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a specific service different from an Internet site. By creating a number of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different companies and forward it to many servers at the same time, each and every server managing a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can even set different priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the 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 several machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia CP, which comes with each and every Linux cloud hosting that we offer, will provide you with an easy means to create any DNS record that you need for a domain or a subdomain within your account. The easy-to-use interface is simpler compared to what other companies provide and you'll not have to do anything more complex than to fill a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, check out the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. Inside the small pop-up that will appear, you have to type in the service, protocol and port info. You could also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will make a difference if you have no less than 2 servers managing the very same service. If you use a machine from a different provider, they may also require you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you edit it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new SRV record for every single domain address hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and is going to take no more than just a few mouse clicks via a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS administration tool within your Hepsia hosting CP, you could make any record you need and once you pick SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must enter the service, the protocol, the record value as well as the port number and you'll be ready. Additionally, if the other service provider requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a lot of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a specific service. You can also specify how long the new SRV record will remain active 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.