An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to point a domain to a third-party server and use it for some service different from a site. This may be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and many others. When an SRV record is created, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol which the domain will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. Furthermore, in case you have many SRV records for the exact same service, you can set various priorities and weights for each and every one of them, so that you can spread the load between several machines. Such a record will allow you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you're able to use it for various purposes even if you are not able to get all the services from one service provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You are going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for any one of the domain names that you host in a shared web hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. As long as the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you are able to manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record which you set up will be active. Hepsia includes a highly intuitive interface and all it will require to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave unless the other company requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.