SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a certain service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain name with different companies and direct it to many servers at the same time, each and every server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for two records which are used for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer, will provide you with an easy means to create any DNS record you require for a domain address or a subdomain within your account. The user-friendly interface is a lot simpler than what other companies offer and you will not have to do anything more than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, check out the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that'll appear, you have to input the service, protocol and port info. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have no less than two servers handling the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they might also require you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record will remain operational after you change it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Because we acknowledge how annoying it can be to deal with DNS records, we will provide you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so if you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to set up an SRV record with no complications. We've got a step-by-step guide, that will make things much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to type in the details that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific instructions to change the priority and the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live in a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value displays the time the record will keep existing after it is edited or removed.