An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to redirect a domain to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a website. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and many others. When an SRV record is set up, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol the domain will use and the port, which is to be employed to connect to the remote server. Moreover, if you have many SRV records for the exact same service, you are able to set various priorities and weights for each one of them, so you're able to spread the load between many machines. Such a record will permit you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you can use it for many purposes even if you can't get all the services from just one service provider.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
You're going to be able to create a completely new SRV record for any one of the domains which you host inside a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them effortlessly via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record you set up is going to be active. Hepsia features a very intuitive interface and all it takes to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of 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 unless the other company requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active when you edit it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Since we acknowledge how annoying it could be to deal with DNS records, we'll give you an easy-to-use DNS management instrument as part of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain addresses in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you are going to be able to set up an SRV record with no difficulties. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will have to type in the info that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific directions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a few 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 most records. This value indicates the time the record will continue existing after it's changed or erased.