SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from a website. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different companies and point it to many servers at once, each server handling a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will not be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting
In case you have a cloud web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your web hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a few boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record will be active in several hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. When required, you can also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it is going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.