An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to redirect a domain to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a web site. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is created, you can specify an Internet Protocol which the domain name will use and the port, which will be used to connect to the remote server. Also, if you have a few SRV records for the same service, you could set various priorities and weights for every single one of them, so you're able to send out the load between several machines. Such a record will enable you to employ the same domain address or subdomains under it with different providers, so you're able to use it for different purposes even if you can't get all the services from one service provider.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
If you host a domain in a shared hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few clicks inside the DNS Records area of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will only need to fill a few boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you want customers to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you can leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A brand new SRV record may be created in just seconds for each and every domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record although you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could create records via the DNS management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to enter the service, port number and protocol information in addition to the record value in them and the new record is going to be working shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may adjust any of the two if the other company has requested you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record is going to remain active if changed or erased, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.