An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers which run a particular service for a domain name. In other words, you’re able to 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 example, while you still have a website with it. When you set up the SRV record, you can choose what IP it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain address for various purposes and even with different providers in case 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 control the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much simpler to create a new record in comparison to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply need to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be ready. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you would like customers to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an extra option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If you're not required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.