An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to outline the servers that run a particular service for a domain. Basically, you are able to use your Internet domain not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record in case 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. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain many different purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

If you host a domain within a shared 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 just a few clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our user-friendly interface makes it much easier to create a new record compared with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will simply need to fill a few boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you could set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want customers to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an added option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If not required otherwise, you can leave the default value there.