An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers that run a certain service for a domain name. Put simply, you’re able to use your Internet domain 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. If you set up the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it's going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain address for a variety of purposes and even with different companies if the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

You'll be able to create a completely new SRV record for each of the domain names you host inside a shared web hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them with ease in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia features a very intuitive interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave unless the other company demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active when you edit it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.