SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a specific service different from an Internet site. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different providers and point it to many servers at a time, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which 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 a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
In case you have a website hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are controlled by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you sign in to your website hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a couple of boxes with the required information and your new SRV record is going to be active within several hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it'll remain active after you change or delete it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Since we realize how irritating it could be to manage DNS records, we will offer you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as an element of our custom Hepsia CP, so if you host your domains inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to create an SRV record without difficulties. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to type in the info that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to modify the priority and the weight values, you may leave these two options as they are and your 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 almost all records. This value shows the time the record will keep existing after it is edited or erased.