An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers that run a certain service for a domain name. In other words, you will be able to use your domain not only for a website, 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. If you set up the SRV record, you can choose what IP it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server will be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will permit you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain name for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one is not able to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you host a domain inside a shared website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you will be able to create a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records area of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison to other web 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 two you could set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like users to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you can 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. Unless required otherwise, you can leave the default value there.