An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. Put simply, you’ll be able to use your domain not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have a site with it. When you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it will employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record assuming that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different providers if the same one can't provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you host a domain name within a shared website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to navigate interface makes it more simple to set up a new record in comparison with other web hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you'd like customers to access first or what instructions the other provider has given you. As an additional 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 could leave the default value there.