An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with our cloud hosting plans. After you sign in, you will need to visit the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record will be live after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be operating in just an hour and will propagate globally 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 Hosting

As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one effortlessly for any domain name or subdomain you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to edit the record at any time if required. Assuming the other company demands a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting as well. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep operating after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.