Editing SRV record (section)

== Usage ==
SRV records are common in conjunction with the following [[Internet standard|standardized]] [[communications protocol]]s:{{clarify |date=September 2018 |reason=It's easily apparent how many protocols listed below are not standardized or involving the IETF at all. }}
* [[APT (software)|APT]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2018 |title=DNS SRV record support in apt |url=https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/blob/main/doc/srv-records-support.md |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117213903/https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/blob/master/doc/srv-records-support.md |archive-date=17 November 2019 |access-date=17 November 2019 |publisher=[[Debian]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[CalDAV]] and [[CardDAV]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=RFC6764: Locating Services for Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV) and vCard Extensions to WebDAV (CardDAV)|url=https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6764 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ceph (software)|Ceph]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Looking up Monitors through DNS – Ceph Documentation |url=http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/rados/configuration/mon-lookup-dns/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042013/https://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/rados/configuration/mon-lookup-dns/ |archive-date=5 December 2017 |access-date=4 December 2017 |website=Ceph Documentation |language=en}}</ref>
* [[DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities|DANE]]
* [[Zero-configuration networking#DNS-based service discovery|DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)]]
* [[Factorio]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Version 1.1.62 - Factorio Forums |url=https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=102977 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916111719/https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=102977 |archive-date=16 Sep 2022 |access-date=16 Sep 2022 |website=Factorio Forum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Version 1.1.67 - Factorio Forums |url=https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=103181 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820230148/https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=103181 |archive-date=20 Aug 2022 |access-date=16 Sep 2022 |website=Factorio Forum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Add SRV Record support - Page 4 - Factorio Forums |url=https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=572281#p572281 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916112010/https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=572281#p572281 |archive-date=16 Sep 2022 |access-date=16 Sep 2022 |website=Factorio Forum |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Host Identity Protocol]]
* [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hostnames for the Master and Slave KDCs |url=http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/krb5-1.5/krb5-1.5.4/doc/krb5-install/Hostnames-for-the-Master-and-Slave-KDCs.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021104040/http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/krb5-1.5/krb5-1.5.4/doc/krb5-install/Hostnames-for-the-Master-and-Slave-KDCs.html |archive-date=21 October 2012 |access-date=23 May 2012 |publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]]<ref>{{Cite IETF |title=OpenLDAP Root Service - An experimental LDAP referral service |rfc=3088 |last1=Zeilenga |first1=K. |date=April 2001 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |language=en |access-date=5 July 2020 |doi=10.17487/RFC3088 |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3088  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116161937/https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3088 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[SMTP]] [[Mail submission agent|submission]], [[Post Office Protocol|POP]], and [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]]<ref>{{Cite IETF |title=Use of SRV Records for Locating Email Submission/Access Services |rfc=6186 |last1=Daboo |first1=C. |date=March 2011 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |language=en |access-date=17 April 2013 |doi=10.17487/RFC6186 |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6186  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417025405/https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6186 |archive-date=17 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Matrix (communication protocol)|Matrix.org]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Federation API |url=https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/unstable.html#server-discovery |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705233825/https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/unstable |archive-date=5 July 2020 |access-date=5 January 2018 |publisher=[[Matrix (communication protocol)|Matrix.org]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Minecraft]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Java Edition 1.3.1 |url=https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_1.3.1 |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=Minecraft Wiki |language=en}}</ref>
* [[MongoDB]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MongoDB Connection String URI Format |url=https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/#std-label-connections-dns-seedlist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210143419/https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=14 December 2022 |publisher=[[MongoDB]]}}</ref>
* [[Mumble (software)|Mumble]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Add DNS SRV record support - mumble-voip/mumble |url=https://github.com/mumble-voip/mumble/issues/1242 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705234141/https://github.com/mumble-voip/mumble/issues/1242 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |publisher=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
* [[OMA Instant Messaging and Presence Service|IMPS]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baraza - Userguide |url=http://baraza.im/userguide_pre.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822121412/http://baraza.im/userguide_pre.htm |archive-date=22 August 2008}}</ref>
* [[Puppet (software)|Puppet]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puppet Docs: Scaling Puppet with compile masters, Using DNS SRV Records |url=https://puppet.com/docs/puppetserver/latest/scaling_puppet_server.html#using-dns-srv-records |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011173014/https://puppet.com/docs/puppetserver/latest/scaling_puppet_server.html |archive-date=11 October 2019 |access-date=17 December 2019 |publisher=[[Puppet (software)|Puppet Labs]]}}</ref>
* [[Rust (video game)|Rust]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Server DNS Records |url=https://wiki.facepunch.com/rust/dns-records |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Rust Wiki |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Session Initiation Protocol]]
* [[STUN]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resolve primary STUN server(s) via DNS SRV · Issue #10029 · syncthing/syncthing |url=https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/10029}}</ref>
* [[Teamspeak|Teamspeak 3]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=[Suggestion] TS DNS |url=http://forum.teamspeak.com/showthread.php/82123-Suggestion-TS-DNS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114223239/https://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/82123-outdated-thread-TSDNS |archive-date=14 November 2016 |access-date=25 October 2013 |website=[[Teamspeak|Teamspeak Forum]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TeamSpeak 3 Client Version 3.0.8 Released |url=http://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/75254-TeamSpeak-3-Client-Version-3-0-8-Released |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927003921/https://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/75254-TeamSpeak-3-Client-Version-3-0-8-Released |archive-date=27 September 2016 |access-date=5 July 2020 |website=[[Teamspeak|Teamspeak Forum]]}}</ref>
* [[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|XMPP]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=XEP-0156: Discovering Alternative XMPP Connection Methods |url=http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0156.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507065343/https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0156.html |archive-date=7 May 2012 |access-date=23 May 2012 |website=[[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|XMPP.org]]}}</ref>

In [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 2000]] clients query for SRV records to determine the [[domain controller]] for a given service. SRV records are also used by Outlook 2007, 2010 and Macintosh 10.6 mail to locate the Exchange Autodiscover service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2010 |title=A new feature is available that enables Outlook 2007 to use DNS Service Location (SRV) records to locate the Exchange Autodiscover service |url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940881 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420205350/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940881 |archive-date=20 April 2012 |access-date=23 May 2012 |website=[[Microsoft|Microsoft Support]]}}</ref>
In Microsoft Windows networks domain controllers register their network service types for [[Active Directory]] in the DNS.

An older version of the [[Internet Draft]] for [[OpenPGP]] Web Key Directory uses SRV records for discovering OpenPGP keys through web servers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=Werner |title=OpenPGP Web Key Directory draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service-06 |url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service-06 |website=IETF Datatracker |publisher=Internet Engineering Task Force |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> Usages of SRV records are no longer part of the Internet Draft in later versions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=Werner |title=OpenPGP Web Key Directory draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service-12 |url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service-12 |website=IETF Datatracker |publisher=Internet Engineering Task Force |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref>

A registry of service names for SRV records & protocols is maintained by the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) as defined in RFC 6335.<ref>{{Cite IETF |title=Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry |rfc=6335 |last1=Cotton |first1=M. |last2=Eggert |first2=L. |last3=Touch |first3=J. |last4=Westerlund |first4=M. |last5=Cheshire |first5=S. |date=August 2011 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |language=en |access-date=6 July 2020 |doi=10.17487/RFC6335 |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6335  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706002818/https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6335 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>