An AAAA record is an IP in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the website for it is. Depending on the system that the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your website with one company and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this type 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 Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record with ease. When you are within the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then simply type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain names, but it is unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be active and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have created under it, you're going to be able to create it in a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all existing records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to pick the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they need it, you could also edit the TTL value, which outlines the time this record shall be functioning with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.