An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to identify the servers which run a particular service for a domain. Put simply, you’re able to use your domain name not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can pick what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record in case that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain for various purposes and even with different companies if the same one can't provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Hosting
You'll be able to create a new SRV record for any one of the domains which you host in a shared web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them with ease through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and minutes later any new record you create will be active. Hepsia includes a highly user-friendly interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave unless of course the other company requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you change it or delete it at some point, the default one being 3600.