An AAAA record is an IP within the recently presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four 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 amount of IPs that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the site for it is. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you want to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have within a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few clicks to do this via our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the place where you can create any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down options menu and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is extremely intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our innovative cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with no trouble for every 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 you can start using the services of any other service provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to change the record at any time if required. In case the other company needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue functioning after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.