An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to point a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a website. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is set up, you can specify an Internet Protocol which the domain will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. Also, provided that you have several SRV records for the same service, you can set individual priorities and weights for every one of them, so you're able to distribute the load between many machines. Such a record allows you to use the same domain address or subdomains under it with different providers, so you could use it for different purposes even if you are not able to get all of the services from a single service provider.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
You will be able to set up a brand new SRV record for each of the domain names which you host inside a shared website hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a really user-friendly interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave except if the other provider demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you modify it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Because we understand how annoying it may be to manage DNS records, we're going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as an element of our custom Hepsia CP, so if you host your domain names inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to create an SRV record without any problems. We've got a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to enter the details that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you can leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value reveals the time the record will continue existing after it is changed or removed.