AAAA is a domain record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where each and every IP address comprises of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs that the existing system supports and the quick increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain to a machine which uses this type of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to separate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

In order to use a domain or a subdomain which you have inside a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do that using our amazing, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you will be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to do this is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to modify, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain address will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they require it, you could also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be working with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.