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 introduced to replace the present IPv4 system where every single IP address comprises of 4 sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs which the present system supports and the fast increase of gadgets which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain address to a machine that uses this kind of an address, you need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the very same function, but different notations are used, to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a couple of clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all of our cloud website hosting plans. Once you log in, you will need to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be active after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in just an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you will be able to create it in just a few very simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or set up new ones with several clicks. All it takes to do this is to pick the domain/subdomain you want to edit, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record will propagate worldwide and your domain will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they demand it, you may also change the TTL value, which shows the time this record will be working with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.