An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a certain service for a domain. Put simply, you’ll be able to use your Internet domain not just for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it will employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will enable you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain name for various purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is unable to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

If you host a domain within a web hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to set up a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to work with interface makes it much easier to set up a new record in comparison with other hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you could set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you'd like customers to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can select how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If not requested otherwise, you can leave the default value there.