SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a certain service different from a website. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain name with different companies and direct it to many servers at the same time, each and every server handling a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records which are used for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With 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 providers. Which one a customer of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

Provided you have a shared hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are managed by our system, you are going to be able to set up any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will simply have to fill several boxes with the required data and your new SRV record is going to be active within a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use and also 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 requires. If necessary, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it will remain active after you modify or delete it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.