An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to outline the servers that run a particular service for a domain. Quite simply, you’re able to use your domain name not only for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it'll employ, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one is not able to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You'll be able to create a completely new SRV record for any of the domain addresses you host in a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia comes with a highly user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up 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 standard values, which you can leave except when the other provider requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to be active when you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.