An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers which run a particular service for a domain. Basically, you are able to use your Internet domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a site with it. If you set up the SRV record, you can choose what IP it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will enable you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain address for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you host a domain inside a website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with a few clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it more simple to create a new record compared to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes and you will be all set. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you may set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you want clients to access first or what recommendations 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 asked otherwise, you may leave the default value there.