An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the freshly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike 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 in this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one company and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a couple of clicks through the Hepsia CP, provided with all our shared web hosting plans. Once you log in, you will need to go to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be active after you modify it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in no more than an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one effortlessly for every domain address or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other provider you forward 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 created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to edit the record at any time if required. Assuming the other company demands a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.