An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a certain service for a domain name. In other words, you are able to use your domain name not just for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can pick what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established plus the priority and the weight of the record assuming that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will enable you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain for a variety of purposes and even with different providers if the same one is not able to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

You'll be able to create a brand new SRV record for any of the domains you host in a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without any difficulty via the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia comes with a really intuitive interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave except when the other company demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to be active if you modify it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.