AAAA is a domain record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which every single Internet protocol address comprises of 4 groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address has eight sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs the present system supports and the fast increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain to a server which uses such an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the exact same function, but different notations are used, so as to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your cloud hosting account, it won't take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and is going to allow you to create or change every single record easily. After you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that will appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record will be fully active within no more than an hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one easily for any domain name or subdomain 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 service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP in which you will also find all of 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 simple as choosing the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You are going to be able to edit the record anytime if needed. Assuming the other company requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting as well. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue operating after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.