An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to forward a domain name to a third-party server and use it for some service different from a site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, etc. When an SRV record is set up, you could specify an Internet Protocol the domain address will use and the port, which is to be employed to connect to the remote server. Moreover, provided that you have a few SRV records for the very same service, you could set different priorities and weights for every one of them, in order to send out the load between a number of machines. Such a record will allow you to use the same domain name or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could use it for various purposes even if you are unable to get all of the services from a single provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to create a completely new SRV record for any of the domain names which you host inside a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them with ease through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a highly user-friendly interface and all it will require to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you can leave unless of course the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you change it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new SRV record could be created in just seconds for every domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could create records with the DNS administration tool, which is a part of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to type the service, port number and protocol information as well as the record value in them and the new record is going to be live shortly after that. The priority and weight options can be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You could change any one of the two if the other company has required you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain active if edited or erased, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.