An SRV record, which means Service record, is a DNS entry employed to identify the servers which run a certain service for a domain. Basically, you’re able to use your domain not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, as an example, while you still have an Internet site with it. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what Internet Protocol it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the very same service. The second option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this kind of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a variety of purposes and even with different providers if the same one is unable to provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you have a cloud web hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are managed by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you sign in to your web hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill several boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record is going to be active in a couple of hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If needed, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it will remain active after you edit or erase it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you can leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.