An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers that run a particular service for a domain name. Basically, you’re able to use your domain not only for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. If you create the SRV record, you can pick what IP it's 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 assuming that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option allows you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain name many different purposes and even with different companies in case the same one cannot provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

You're going to be able to create a brand new SRV record for each of the domain addresses that you host in a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without any difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record you set up will be active. Hepsia features a very user-friendly interface and all it will take to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you could leave except when the other provider demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you change it or erase it at some point, the default one being 3600.