An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to redirect a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a site. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is created, you could specify an Internet Protocol that the domain address will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. Moreover, provided that you have a few SRV records for the very same service, you'll be able to set different priorities and weights for each one of them, so that you can send out the load between many machines. Such a record will permit you to employ the same domain address or subdomains under it with different companies, so you're able to employ it for different purposes even if you are unable to get all the services from a single provider.
SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting
Provided you have a cloud website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain included in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you log in to your web hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a couple of boxes with the needed information and your new SRV record is going to be active within a few hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If required, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you modify or remove it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A completely new SRV record can be created within just seconds for every single domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may set up records through the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to input the service, port number and protocol information along with the record value in them and the new record will be live soon after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You are able to change each of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Also, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record will remain functioning if changed or removed, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.