An AAAA record is an IP in the newly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain name where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one company and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party service provider and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a few clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all our cloud hosting solutions. When you sign in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record is going to be active after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in just an hour and will propagate globally a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you are going to be able to create it in just a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to change, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate globally and your domain address will start directing to the third-party web server. If they require it, you can even edit the TTL value, which indicates the time this record will be operating with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.