An AAAA record is an IP within the freshly released IPv6 format and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of digits in 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 total number of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the site for it is located. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one company and your emails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with only a few clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all our hosting packages. Once you log in, you need to visit the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record is going to be live after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in only an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one effortlessly for any domain address or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have created manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to edit the record anytime if needed. Assuming the other company requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting too. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep operating after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.