AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system where each and every IP comprises of four groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this transformation is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs the present system supports and also the speedy increase of devices which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain address to a server that uses such an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to separate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted within your cloud hosting account, it will not take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it'll allow you to set up or modify every single record without difficulty. After you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you will simply have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record will be 100% live within only one hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you are also going to be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is very easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you're going to be able to create it within a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do that is to select the domain/subdomain that you would like to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate worldwide and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they require it, you can also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be working with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.