An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to forward a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a 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 can specify an Internet Protocol the domain name will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. Furthermore, in case you have a few SRV records for the very same service, you are able to set different priorities and weights for every one of them, so you can distribute the load between many machines. Such a record allows you to use the same domain name or subdomains under it with different providers, so you're able to use it for many purposes even if you can't get all of the services from one provider.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any of the domain addresses you host inside a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you can manage them without any difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record that you set up will be active. Hepsia includes a really user-friendly interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will 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 could leave except if the other provider needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you change it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Because we recognize how irritating it can be to handle DNS records, we're going to present you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as an element of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain names within a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to set up an SRV record without any difficulties. We have a step-by-step guide, that will make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll have to input the info that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific instructions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live within a couple 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 indicates the time the record will continue existing after it is modified or deleted.