SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a particular service different from a site. By creating a number of SRV records, you can use the domain with different companies and point it to a number of servers at the same time, each server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting
The Hepsia CP, included with each and every cloud website hosting plan we offer, gives you an easy means to create any DNS record you need for a domain name or a subdomain in your account. The easy-to-use interface is much more simple in comparison with what other companies offer and you'll not have to do anything more than to fill a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, go to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that'll show up, you have to input the service, protocol and port info. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have no less than two servers managing the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different provider, they could 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 functional after you modify it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Because we recognize how annoying it could be to handle DNS records, we'll give you an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as a part of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you are going to be able to set up an SRV record with no issues. We've got a step-by-step guide, that'll make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to type in the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to change the priority and / or the weight values, you can leave these two options as they are and your new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but usually the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it is edited or erased.