An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly launched IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one company and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your cloud hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it'll permit you to set up or change any record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you will simply have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that will show up, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% live within no more than one hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually change it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it'll take you only a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you won't encounter any issues because you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the same name, so as soon as you go there, you will notice all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with just a couple of mouse clicks you can select the type of record you require and for which Internet domain or subdomain it will be set up. Next, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% active. As an optional setting, you may choose the time this record shall be functioning after you change it or erase it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds when the other service provider requires it.