SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain for a certain service different from a site. By setting up a few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain with different providers and point it to many servers at the same time, each and every server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the exact same service, but direct 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 example, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia CP, provided with each and every Linux cloud service that we offer, gives you an easy means to set up any DNS record you require for a domain or a subdomain in your account. The intuitive interface is simpler in comparison with what other companies offer and you won’t have to do anything more complex than to fill a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you have to log in, check out the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. In the small pop-up that will show up, you have to enter the service, protocol and port information. You can even 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 use a machine from a different provider, they might also require you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value specifies how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you modify it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Because we know how annoying it can be to handle DNS records, we're going to give you an easy-to-use DNS management tool as an element of our custom Hepsia CP, so if you host your domains inside a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're going to be able to create an SRV record without issues. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things even easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you will need to type in the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific instructions to change the priority and / or the weight values, you may leave those two options as they are and your new record will go live in a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but typically the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for almost all records. This value indicates the time the record will continue existing after it is edited or deleted.