An AAAA record is an IP address in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party service provider and you have to set up an AAAA record to point a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a few clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all our cloud hosting packages. After you sign in, you have to go to the DNS Records section in which you will find all records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be functioning after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be operating in only an hour and will propagate globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our innovative cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one effortlessly for every domain name or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking the needed domain name 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 modify the record at any time if required. In case the other service provider requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep working after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.