AAAA is a domain record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which every single IP address consists of 4 sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this transformation is the significantly smaller selection of unique IPs the current system supports and also the rapid increase of units which are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain to a web server which uses this kind of an address, you need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the exact same function, but different notations are used, to distinguish the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party service provider and you have to create an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a couple of clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all of our hosting packages. After you sign in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all the records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record is live after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be live in just an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one without difficulty for every domain address or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the change. You will be able to edit the record anytime if needed. In case the other company requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep functioning after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.