An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to forward a domain name to a third-party server and employ 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 on. When an SRV record is set up, you could specify an Internet Protocol which the domain name will use and the port, which will be employed to connect to the remote server. Moreover, if you have a few SRV records for the same service, you could set different priorities and weights for every one of them, allowing you to distribute the load between a number of machines. Such a record will enable you to use the same domain address or subdomains under it with different providers, so you can use it for various purposes even if you are not able to get all of the services from one provider.
SRV Records in Hosting
You are going to be able to set up a brand new SRV record for any one of the domain addresses which you host inside a shared web hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Provided that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you’ll be able to manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and just minutes later any new record that you create is going to be active. Hepsia comes with a highly user-friendly interface and all it will take to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave except when the other company needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number indicates the time in seconds for the record to stay active if you edit it or remove it at some point, the default one being 3600.