An AAAA record is an IP address in the recently released IPv6 format and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits 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 sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system that the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you use a service with a third-party service provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with a few clicks through the Hepsia CP, included with all of our shared hosting solutions. Once you sign in, you will need to visit the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you could modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is active after you edit it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be live in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our innovative cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one easily for any domain address or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to edit the record anytime if necessary. In case the other service provider requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep operating after you change it or remove it and the time is in seconds.