An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to outline the servers which run a specific service for a domain. Put simply, you can use your Internet domain not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. If you set up the SRV record, you may choose what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain many different purposes and even with different companies in case the same one can't provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host a domain name inside a cloud website hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you will be able to set up a new SRV record with just a few clicks in the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our intuitive interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared with other hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will simply need to fill a few boxes and you'll 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 2 you could set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you'd like customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you may choose how long this record will be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If you're not required otherwise, you could leave the default value there.