An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers which run a specific service for a domain name. In other words, you can use your Internet domain not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it's 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 there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for various purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is unable to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Hosting

You will be able to set up a completely new SRV record for each of the domains you host in a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain name 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 set up will be active. Hepsia features a really intuitive interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in just 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 default values, which you can leave except if the other provider demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active in case you edit it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.