An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to forward a domain to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from an Internet site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and many others. When an SRV record is created, you could specify an Internet Protocol that the domain name will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. Furthermore, in case you have many SRV records for the exact same service, you are able to set different priorities and weights for every one of them, allowing you to send out the load between a number of machines. Such a record will allow you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could employ it for different purposes even if you cannot get all the services from one provider.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

You are going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for each of the domain addresses you host within a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without any difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record you set up will be active. Hepsia includes a very user-friendly interface and all it requires 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 the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave unless the other company needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to remain active if you edit it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Using a semi-dedicated server solution from our company, you will be able to take advantage of the user-friendly DNS administration tool, which is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It's going to give you a rather simple user interface to set up a new record for every single domain address hosted in the account, so if you wish to use a domain for any purpose, you can set up a completely new SRV record with just a couple of mouse clicks. Via basic text boxes, you'll need to type in the service, protocol and port number info, which you must have from the company providing you the service. In addition, you are going to be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you are planning to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 if needed. Moreover, you have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - this way setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you delete it or edit it.