An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers which run a particular service for a domain. Quite simply, you’re able to use your domain name not just for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain for a variety of purposes and even with different companies in case the same one cannot provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

You'll be able to set up a brand new SRV record for each of the domain addresses you host within a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without any difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record you create will be active. Hepsia includes a really intuitive interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few 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 default values, that you can leave except if the other company requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to be active in case you modify it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.