An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs which can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one company and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a couple of clicks via the Hepsia CP, included with all our shared hosting packages. When you sign in, you have to go to the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record is going to be active after you modify it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in only an hour and will propagate around the world a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one with no trouble for every internet domain or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP where you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have created manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You're going to be able to edit the record anytime if needed. If the other service provider needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.