An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to define the servers that run a specific service for a domain. In other words, you are 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, for example, while you still have an Internet site with it. If you create the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one is unable to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Hosting

Provided you have a hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain added in it are handled by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you sign in to your web hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes with the needed information and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. When required, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you modify or remove it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.