AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system where every IP comprises of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs which the existing system supports and also the speedy increase of devices which are connected to the Internet. 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 server which uses this type of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records provide the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all of our shared hosting packages. As soon as you log in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in only 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 server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our innovative cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one with no trouble for every internet domain 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 direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP in which you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the change. You will be able to change the record at any time if necessary. Assuming the other service provider requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue working after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.