An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain name where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks through the Hepsia CP, provided with our cloud website hosting plans. After you log in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is going to be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in just an hour and will propagate globally a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it is going to take you only a few clicks within the Hepsia CP to do that. In case you have never had a hosting account before, you won't experience any difficulties since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the same name, so when you go there, you will notice all records which have been created automatically or manually and you are going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up will appear, so with several clicks you can pick the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be created. Afterwards, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully live. As an optional setting, you may choose how long this record will be functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds when the other provider needs it.