SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain with different companies and forward it to a number of servers at the same time, each server handling a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are employed for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the specific software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

Provided you have a website 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 CP and when you sign in to your website hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill a few boxes with the needed data and your new SRV record will be active in a few hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use and also 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 required, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The default 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.