An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a specific service for a domain name. Put simply, you can use your domain name not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. If you set up the SRV record, you can pick what IP it will use, on which port the connection to the specific 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 second option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain name for various purposes and even with different companies if the same one can't provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you host a domain address inside a shared website hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with just a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our user-friendly interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison with other web hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you will only need to fill a few boxes and you will be all set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you can set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you'd like users to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an additional option, you can 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 not requested otherwise, you could leave the default value there.