An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs which can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of our cloud hosting packages. As soon as you log in, you need to visit the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record will be live after you modify it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in only an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it is going to take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not encounter any issues because you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so once you go there, you'll see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up will appear, so with several clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be set up. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully live. As an optional setting, you can pick the time this record is going to be active after you modify it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds when the other provider requires it.