SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a particular service different from an Internet site. By creating a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different companies and forward it to a number of servers simultaneously, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, provided with each and every Linux cloud web hosting we offer, gives you an easy means to create any DNS record that you need for a domain address or a subdomain within your account. The user-friendly interface is a lot simpler than what other companies offer and you won’t have to do anything more difficult than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you have to sign in, navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that will show up, you have to type in the service, protocol and port details. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will matter if you have at least a couple of servers dealing with the exact same service. If you use a machine from a different provider, they may also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value outlines how long the newly created record will remain operational after you modify it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a brand new SRV record for any domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and will take no more than a few clicks via a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool within your Hepsia website hosting CP, you could make any record that you need and once you choose SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to type in the record value, the protocol, the service and also the port number and you'll be set. In addition, in case the other company requires it, you are also going to be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you've got lots of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a particular service. You can also specify how long the newly created SRV record will remain live in case you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.