AAAA is a domain record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every IP address is comprised of 4 sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs which the present system supports as well as the quick increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain name to a machine which uses this kind of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, which comes with our cloud web hosting solutions. After you log in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you will find all records for every domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is live after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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