SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different providers and forward it to numerous servers at the same time, each server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will not be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
If you host a domain address within a cloud hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you will be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared to other hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will simply need to fill a few boxes and you will be all set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you may set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you would like customers to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an extra option, you can pick how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If not requested otherwise, you may leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As we know how aggravating it can be to deal with DNS records, we are going to give you an easy-to-use DNS management tool as a part of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to set up an SRV record without difficulties. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things that much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to type in the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific recommendations to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your brand 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 default value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value shows the time the record will continue existing after it is changed or erased.