An AAAA record is an IP within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain name where the site for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain name 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've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, which comes with all our cloud hosting plans. When you log in, you have to go to the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record will be active after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in just an hour and will propagate globally a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one effortlessly for any domain address or subdomain you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other company you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to edit the record at any time if needed. If the other company demands a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep working after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.