An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of digits between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one company and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party company and you've got to set up an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP, which comes with all of our shared website hosting solutions. Once you log in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you will find all records for every domain or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added 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 remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in only an hour and will propagate around the world two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our innovative cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one without difficulty for any internet domain or subdomain that you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where 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 easy as picking the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to modify the record at any time if required. If the other service provider needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will continue operating after you change it or erase it and the time is in seconds.