An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to point a domain name to a third-party server and use it for some service different from a website. This can be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is created, you could specify an Internet Protocol that the domain will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. Moreover, if you have several SRV records for the very same service, you'll be able to set individual priorities and weights for each and every one of them, in order to send out the load between several machines. Such a record will enable you to use the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you can employ it for various purposes even if you are unable to get all the services from just one service provider.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

You'll be able to create a brand new SRV record for any of the domains that you host within a shared website hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them effortlessly in the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia features a very intuitive interface and all it requires to create an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol as well as the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave unless the other provider demands different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to stay active in case you edit it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.