An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the recently released IPv6 format and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its website hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain address where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all our cloud website hosting plans. Once you log in, you need to visit the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within 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, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record will be functioning after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in only an hour and will propagate around the world an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it in a few quite simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all existing records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to edit, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain address will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they demand it, you can also edit the TTL value, which reveals the time this record shall be functioning with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.