An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers which run a particular service for a domain. In other words, you’re able to use your domain name not only for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can select what IP it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The latter option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain for a number of purposes and even with different companies if the same one is unable to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You are going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for any of the domain names you host inside a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without difficulty via the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia comes with a really intuitive interface and all it requires 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 also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you can leave except when the other provider needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to be active in case you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.