An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a certain service for a domain name. Put simply, you’re able to use your Internet domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain address for a number of purposes and even with different providers if the same one is not able to provide all services you need.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you have a website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address added in it are handled by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. When required, you may also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it will remain active after you change or delete it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.