SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain name for a particular service different from an Internet site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you are able to use the domain address with different companies and forward it to many servers simultaneously, each server handling a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia CP, which comes with each and every Linux shared website hosting package that we offer, gives you an easy means to set up any DNS record you need for a domain address or a subdomain within your account. The easy-to-use interface is a lot simpler than what other companies offer and you will not have to do anything more complex than to fill just a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you have to log in, check out the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. In the small pop-up which will show up, you have to type in the service, protocol and port information. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will matter if you have no less than a couple of servers handling the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they could also require you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record is going to remain operational after you change it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A new SRV record could be created within seconds for any domain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a really easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may set up records via the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You have to type the service, port number and protocol information as well as the record value in them and the new record is going to be working right after that. The priority and weight options can be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You may change any one of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain live if changed or deleted, can also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.