SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain address with different companies and direct it to many servers at once, each server handling a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, provided with each and every Linux website hosting we offer, gives you an easy means to create any DNS record you need for a domain or a subdomain inside your account. The intuitive interface is a lot simpler than what other companies offer and you will not have to do anything more complex than to fill just a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to sign in, navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. In the small pop-up which will appear, you have to enter the service, protocol and port information. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will make a difference if you have at least a couple of servers dealing with the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they could also require you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value outlines how long the newly created record will remain functional after you edit it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As we know how aggravating it could be to deal with DNS records, we will offer you an easy-to-use DNS administration tool as part of our custom Hepsia CP, so when you host your domain addresses within a semi-dedicated server account from us, you are going to be able to create an SRV record with no troubles. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you will need to enter the info that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific directions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a couple of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but typically the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it is modified or removed.