An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to forward a domain to a third-party server and employ it for a service different from a website. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so on. When an SRV record is set up, you could specify an Internet Protocol that the domain name will use and the port, which is to be used to connect to the remote server. Moreover, if you have numerous SRV records for the very same service, you are able to set various priorities and weights for each one of them, so that you can send out the load between several machines. Such a record will allow you to use the same domain name or subdomains under it with different providers, so you're able to employ it for many purposes even if you can't get all services from a single provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You're going to be able to create a new SRV record for each of the domains that you host inside a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them with ease via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and minutes later any new record which you create will be active. Hepsia features a very user-friendly interface and all it takes to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave unless the other company demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number illustrates the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you change it or remove it at some point, the standard one being 3600.