SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain name for a specific service different from an Internet site. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to numerous servers at the same time, each server handling a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a shared website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill a few boxes with the necessary information and your new SRV record will be active in a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If needed, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it will remain active after you change or erase it. The standard TTL value for almost all 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
Because we realize how irritating it could be to handle DNS records, we're going to give you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as part of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to create an SRV record with no troubles. We have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will have to enter the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to modify the priority and the weight values, you can leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but typically the default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it's edited or removed.