AAAA is a domain address record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system in which each IP address consists of four sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this transformation is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs the existing system supports as well as the rapid increase of products that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain address to a server which uses this sort of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the very same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP, included with our cloud hosting solutions. Once you log in, you have to visit the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for any domain or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is going to be live after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in only an hour and will propagate around the world a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you'll be able to create it within a few quite simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to select the domain/subdomain you want to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate world-wide and your domain will start pointing to the third-party server. If they require it, you can also modify the TTL value, which indicates the time this record will be active with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any modifications in the future.