SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain with different providers and point it to several servers at once, every single server handling a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are used for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
If you host a domain inside a shared hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with just a few clicks within the DNS Records area of your Hepsia CP. Our intuitive interface makes it much easier to create a new record compared to other web hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes and you'll be all set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you may set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you'd like customers to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can pick how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you can leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Because we know how aggravating it may be to handle DNS records, we will offer you an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as a part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domains inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you are going to be able to create an SRV record without problems. We also have a step-by-step guide, that'll make things that much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to input the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific instructions 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 typically the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value shows the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or deleted.