An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a certain service for a domain. In other words, you can use your Internet domain not just for an Internet site, 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. When you create the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it will use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established as well as the priority and the weight of the record assuming that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain address many different purposes and even with different companies in case the same one is not able to provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you host a domain name within a shared website hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you'll be able to create a new SRV record with a few clicks in the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will only have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be ready. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you may set any value in between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like customers to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If not asked otherwise, you can leave the default value there.