An AAAA record is an IP in the recently launched IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of numbers 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 can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party provider and you've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with our hosting plans. When you log in, you will need to go to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, that 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 could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record is active after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in only an hour and will propagate around the world two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to create an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you just a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. Even when you have never had a website hosting account before, you won't experience any problems since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so as soon as you go there, you will see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you will be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with only a few clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be created. After that, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be fully active. As an optional setting, you can choose how long this record is going to be functioning after you modify it or erase it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds when the other provider demands it.