An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly released IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 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. Each domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain address where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system that the company 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 company and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you have to create an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a few clicks through the Hepsia CP, which comes with our shared hosting packages. After you sign in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an additional option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record is functioning after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in only an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one effortlessly for every domain or subdomain which you host within 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 provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You are going to be able to modify the record anytime if needed. Assuming the other company demands a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.