SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By creating a few SRV records, you can use the domain with different companies and forward it to several servers at once, each and every server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are used for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud hosting plan we offer, will provide you with an easy means to set up any DNS record that you need for a domain address or a subdomain inside your account. The intuitive interface is much more simple compared to what other companies provide and you'll not have to do anything more difficult than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you've got to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that will appear, you have to input the service, protocol and port details. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that would matter if you have no less than two servers dealing with the same service. If you use a machine from a different provider, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain operational after you change it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Because we understand how annoying it can be to deal with DNS records, we are going to give you an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as an element of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain addresses in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to create an SRV record without any issues. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll need to enter the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific instructions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your new record will go live within a couple of 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 the majority of records. This value displays the time the record will keep existing after it's edited or erased.