AAAA is a domain name record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system in which each and every IP address is made up of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the tremendously smaller range of unique IPs that the current system supports and also the quick increase of gadgets which are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain address to a server which uses this sort of an address, you have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records have the exact same function, yet different notations are used, so as to identify the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your cloud website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will allow you to create or edit any record easily. After you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as basic as that. The new record is going to be 100% working within a maximum of an hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very simple steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will need to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can quickly forward any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take seconds for the new record to be working and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.