SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain address with different companies and point it to numerous servers at once, each and every server handling a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there won't be any interference. You can even set different priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, provided with each and every Linux shared package we offer, will provide you with an easy means to create any DNS record you require for a domain or a subdomain in your account. The user-friendly interface is a lot simpler in comparison with what other companies provide and you will not have to do anything more complicated than to fill a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you will need to log in, check out the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up which will show up, you have to input the service, protocol and port information. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will matter if you have at least two servers handling the exact 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 standard 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you modify it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A new SRV record could be created within just seconds for every domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to set up any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could create records using the DNS management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to enter the service, port number and protocol details as well as the record value in them and the new record will be working shortly after that. The priority and weight options could be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You are able to change each of the two in case the other company has requested you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain working if changed or erased, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.