SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different providers and direct it to a number of servers at a time, each and every server managing a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You can even set different priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared service we offer, will provide you with an easy means to create any DNS record that you need for a domain name or a subdomain in your account. The intuitive interface is simpler than what other companies provide and you'll not have to do anything more complex than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. In the small pop-up that'll show up, you have to input the service, protocol and port information. You could also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have no less than 2 servers managing the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they may also require you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you edit it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A brand new SRV record could be created in just seconds for every domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, includes a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to set up records using the DNS management tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you pick SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You will need to enter the service, port number and protocol information in addition to the record value in them and the new record will be working shortly after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You may change any of the two if the other provider has asked you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain live if changed or erased, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.