An AAAA record is an IP in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party provider and you need to create an AAAA record to point a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks through the Hepsia CP, which comes with all of our web hosting plans. Once you sign in, you have to go to the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking 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, in a text box. As an extra option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record will be live after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one effortlessly for every domain or subdomain which you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You will be able to change the record at any time if needed. If the other company requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.