An SRV record is a DNS record, which is used to redirect a domain to a third-party server and use it for a service different from an Internet site. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, and so forth. When an SRV record is set up, you are able to specify an Internet Protocol the domain address will use and the port, that will be employed to connect to the remote server. Also, provided that you have a few SRV records for the same service, you can set different priorities and weights for each and every one of them, in order to send out the load between many machines. Such a record will enable you to employ the same domain name or subdomains under it with different providers, so you can employ it for different purposes even if you can't get all services from a single provider.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

You're going to be able to set up a new SRV record for each of the domains you host in a shared web hosting account on our innovative cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without any difficulty via the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record you set up is going to be active. Hepsia features a really user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave unless of course the other provider needs different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to be active if you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.