SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a certain service different from an Internet site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different companies and direct it to many servers simultaneously, each server managing a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain included in it are managed by our system, you will be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your website hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record is going to be active in a few hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If required, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it will remain active after you edit or remove it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.