An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to redirect a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a site. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and many others. When an SRV record is created, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol the domain address will use and the port, which is to be used to connect to the remote server. Also, in case you have many SRV records for the exact same service, you'll be able to set various priorities and weights for every one of them, so you can distribute the load between many machines. Such a record will permit you to employ the same domain or subdomains under it with different providers, so you can employ it for various purposes even if you can't get all services from just one service provider.

SRV Records in 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 cutting-edge cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you can manage them with ease through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record that you set up is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a really user-friendly interface and all it will require to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you can leave unless of course the other company requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to be active if you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.