AAAA is a domain address record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system in which each and every IP comprises of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this transformation is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs that the present system supports and also the fast increase of units that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to direct a domain address to a server which uses this kind of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the exact same function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party service provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a couple of clicks through the Hepsia CP, provided with all our cloud web hosting packages. As soon as you log in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for every domain address 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 options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record will be active after you edit it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in just an hour and will propagate worldwide two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few very simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you'd like to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate worldwide and your domain will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they need it, you could also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record will be operating with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any modifications in the future.