An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to forward a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a website. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, etc. When an SRV record is created, you can specify an Internet Protocol which the domain address will use and the port, that will be used to connect to the remote server. In addition, if you have several SRV records for the same service, you could set individual priorities and weights for every one of them, so you can distribute the load between several machines. Such a record will enable you to use the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could use it for various purposes even if you are unable to get all the services from just one provider.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

You are going to be able to set up a completely new SRV record for each of the domains you host inside a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you can manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a highly intuitive interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you could leave unless the other company needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to stay active when you edit it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new SRV record for every single domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than just a few clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS management tool in your Hepsia hosting CP, you can create any record you need and when you choose SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must insert the record value, the service, the protocol and also the port number and you will be set. Furthermore, if the other service provider requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for these two options is from 1 to 100, so you will have lots of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a particular service. You may also specify how long the newly created SRV record will remain active if you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.