SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different providers and forward it to several servers at the same time, every single server managing a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia CP, provided with each and every cloud service we offer, gives you an easy means to set up any DNS record that you need for a domain or a subdomain in your account. The user-friendly interface is a lot simpler than what other companies provide and you'll not have to do anything more complex than to fill a couple of boxes. For a new SRV record, you will need to log in, go to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that will appear, you have to input the service, protocol and port information. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have no less than two servers dealing with the exact same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they might also require you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value specifies how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you edit it in the future.