So before I start, let me state:
- I have read many threads on this forum about SRV record issues, none of which have helped.
- Many of the responses I have seen have been along the lines of “you don’t need an SRV record for this” or “must be a client error”, not helpful.
- The target for this SRV record is a non-proxied A record, so the “you can’t SRV to a proxied IP on a port Cloudflare doesn’t proxy” argument won’t fly.
So, I have defined this SRV record (this was going to be a pretty screenshot, but it seems this forum is a bit over-protective):
Type: SRV
Name: room.peertube
Service: _xmpp-server
Protocol: TCP
TTL: Auto
Priority: 0
Weight: 5
Port: 5269
Target: peertube.thekrugers.com
By my understanding, this should result in an SRV record _xmpp-server._tcp.room.peertube.thekrugers.com pointing to peertube.thekrugers.com (again, a non-proxied A record) on port 5269 with priority 0 and weight 5.
However (gabe and ara are the DNS servers for my domain):
~$ dig +short _xmpp-server._tcp.room.peertube.thekrugers.com SRV @gabe.ns.cloudflare.com
~$ dig +short _xmpp-server._tcp.room.peertube.thekrugers.com SRV @ara.ns.cloudflare.com
~$
This is about half an hour after creating the SRV record.
Does Cloudflare just have a fundamental problem with creating SRV records in the web interface? If this is the case, I’ll just export/edit/import the zone file, since I have about 35 years of experience with editing zone files, but it does mean bad news for folks who are not intimately familiar with the zone file format.