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

SRV Records in Hosting

You're going to be able to create a completely new SRV record for any of the domain names that you host within a shared web hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record which you set up is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a very user-friendly interface and all it will require to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave unless of course the other provider demands different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active if you edit it or delete it at some point, the default one being 3600.