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 can use your domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you set up the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it'll use, on which port the connection to the particular server will be established along with the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will allow you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain address for a variety of purposes and even with different providers if the same one is not able to provide all services that you need.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain included in it are managed by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you sign in to your hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill several boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record is going to be active within a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. When required, you can even change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it is going to remain active after you modify or remove it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.