An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers which run a specific service for a domain name. Quite simply, you’ll be able to use your domain name 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. Whenever you create the SRV record, you can select what IP it is going to employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you may use the same domain address many different purposes and even with different providers if the same one is unable to provide all services you require.
SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared web hosting package that we offer, gives you an easy means to set up any DNS record you require for a domain address or a subdomain within your account. The easy-to-use interface is a lot simpler in comparison with what other companies offer and you'll not have to do anything more than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, check out the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. In the small pop-up that'll show up, you have to input the service, protocol and port information. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will make a difference if you have no less than 2 servers managing the very same service. If you work with a machine from a different company, they could also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you edit it in the future.