An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to define the servers which run a certain service for a domain. Quite simply, you’ll be able to use your Internet domain not just for a web 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 site with it. Whenever you set up the SRV record, you can pick what IP it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different companies if the same one is unable to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

You'll be able to create a completely new SRV record for any one of the domain addresses you host in a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you can manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia features a really user-friendly interface and all it takes 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 when the other company requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you edit it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.