An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly released IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the total number of IPs that could be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party provider and you've got to create an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, included with our cloud website hosting packages. After you sign in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as simple 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 additional option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record will be active after you change 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 globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it is going to take you just a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you won't face any difficulties as you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you are going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A compact pop-up will appear, so with only a few mouse clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be set up. Next, simply paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be 100% active. As an optional setting, you can select how long this record shall be operating after you modify it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds if the other company needs it.