SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a certain service different from a website. By creating a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain with different providers and point it to several servers simultaneously, each and every server handling a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you have a cloud website hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain added in it are managed by our system, you'll be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you log in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill a few boxes with the needed data and your new SRV record is going to be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you may also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it will remain active after you edit or delete it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.