An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to forward a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is set up, you can specify an Internet Protocol that the domain address will use and the port, which will be used to connect to the remote server. Also, if you have numerous SRV records for the very same service, you can set individual priorities and weights for each one of them, so that you can distribute the load between many machines. Such a record will permit you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you could employ it for many purposes even if you are unable to get all services from one provider.
SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you host a domain within a shared web hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it more simple to create a new record compared with other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you will simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be all set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you may set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you'd like clients to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. If you're not requested otherwise, you may leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
A new SRV record may be created within just seconds for each domain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to set up any DNS record even if you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you may set up records with the DNS administration tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You need to type the service, port number and protocol info in addition to the record value in them and the new record will be live shortly after that. The priority and weight options can be set to any value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You are able to adjust each of the two if the other provider has asked you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record is going to remain active if edited or erased, may also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.