SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a particular service different from a site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain name with different companies and forward it to many servers simultaneously, each and every server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records that are used for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the actual software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values that you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia CP, included with each and every Linux cloud hosting we offer, provides you with an easy means to create any DNS record you need for a domain or a subdomain inside your account. The user-friendly interface is much more simple than what other companies offer and you won’t have to do anything more difficult than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you have to sign in, check out the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that'll show up, you have to input the service, protocol and port details. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will make a difference if you have at least 2 servers managing the same service. If you use a machine from a different company, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record is going to remain operational after you change it in the future.