An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly released IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that could be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system which the service provider 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 another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted within your cloud web hosting account, it won't take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or change every single record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record is going to be 100% functioning within only 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be working after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it will take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you will not experience any issues as you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will notice all records that have been created automatically or manually and you're going to be able to create a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with a few mouse clicks you can choose the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it'll be set up. Then, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully live. As an optional setting, you can choose how long this record shall be active after you change it or remove it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds if the other company needs it.