SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain for a specific service different from a site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different providers and point it to many servers at a time, every single 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 which are used for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain name 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 depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.
SRV Records in Hosting
Provided you have a hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are managed by our system, you are going to be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you log in to your hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes with the required info and your new SRV record will be active in a couple of hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If required, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you modify or erase it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it unless you specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
With a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you're going to be able to benefit from the user-friendly DNS administration tool, which is a part of the in-house built Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It's going to offer you a rather simple user interface to set up a new record for each domain address hosted within the account, so if you want to use a domain name for any purpose, you can set up a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks. Via simple text boxes, you will need to enter the service, protocol and port number details, which you must have from the company providing you the service. Furthermore, you'll be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you are going to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 when necessary. In addition, you will have the option to change the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to any other value - thus setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you remove it or change it.