AAAA is a domain record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system in which every single IP address comprises of four groups of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features eight groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the substantially smaller amount of unique IPs the existing system supports and also the fast increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain address to a server which uses this sort of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our cloud web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then just type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be live and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you update it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll have to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be functioning and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider can also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.