An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers 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 amount of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record informs 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 allows you to host your website with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you want to use a domain or a subdomain that you have inside a cloud website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do this via our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any troubles as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. If they require it, you're also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few very easy steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can very easily point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.