SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you are able to use the domain address with different companies and forward it to a number of servers simultaneously, every single server handling a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will not be any interference. You can even 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. By having an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

In case you have a shared hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are managed by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you log in to your website hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you will simply need to fill several boxes with the required data and your new SRV record will be active in a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. When required, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it'll remain active after you edit or remove it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.