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 an Internet site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you can use the domain with different providers and direct it to several servers simultaneously, each and every server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux website hosting package we offer, provides you with an easy means to create any DNS record that you need for a domain address or a subdomain in your account. The easy-to-use interface is much more simple than what other companies offer and you won’t have to do anything more complicated than to fill just a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you've got to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Inside the small pop-up which will show up, you have to type in the service, protocol and port information. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have no less than 2 servers handling the same service. If you are using a machine from a different provider, they may also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value outlines how long the newly created record will remain functional after you change it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Since we acknowledge how frustrating it can be to handle DNS records, we'll give you an easy-to-use DNS management tool as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so if you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to create an SRV record without difficulties. We also have a step-by-step guide, which will make things even easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to type in the information that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) can also be set to a custom value, but normally the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value displays the time the record will continue existing after it is modified or removed.