An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly launched IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of digits in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our cloud hosting plans. As soon as you log in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is active after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in only an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few really easy steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will need to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be active and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other company may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.